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THE BER-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Thouj^h I have the frames of these 

 screens made in various ways, they are 

 all of such size that when placed on top 

 of a hive the outer edge of the frame 

 is just even or flush with the outside of 

 the hive on both sides and at each end. 

 In other words, the frame is just the size 

 of the top of the hive. 



After a frame is made so far, I take 

 eight pieces of lath for each frame, that 

 are about three inches long and nail two 

 pieces on each side, and two on each end 

 of the frame. Thev are nailed on near 

 the corners on the outside of the strips 

 forming the frame. The top or upper 

 end of each of these short pieces of lath 

 are just up even with the wire cloth, so 

 the lower part of them hangs or projects 

 down on tlie outside of the hive. 



Now, if I have made m\self understood, 

 it will be seen that the screen on account 

 of these short pieces, cannot be shoved or 

 moved out of place, either sidewise or 

 endwise. The only way it can get out of 

 place or be removed, is by being raised 

 up . To prevent its raising up, two stout 

 strings (or perhaps very small rope more 

 nearly expresses what I use, something 

 like a small clothes line), are tied around 

 the hive, bottom-board, screen and all. 

 They are placed one near each end. If, 

 however, the frame fits down true on the 

 top of the hive, and there is no danger of 

 the load being upset, one string near the 

 center is ample. If the frame does not 

 fit true it can easily be brought down 

 tight, when a string is used at each end. 

 A screen can be tied on in less time than 

 nailed, and if tied tight enough it will 

 hold the screen surer than nails will. 



There is quite a knack about tying 

 strings around a hive, but it is easily ac- 

 quired. I have a loop on one end of 

 each string, and pass the end without the 

 loop under the hive, then uj) through the 

 loop; the string is then placed so that 

 the edge of the loop is even with the out 

 side of the frame. I then draw it tight 

 and hold it from slipping or loosening 

 with the left hand, while tying the knot 

 with the right hand. These strings cost 

 but a trifle in the first place, and will last 

 so long that they are about as cheap as 

 nails. 



I use loose bottom-boards, and have 

 special ones for hauling, which are made 

 just the same as an ordinary bot- 

 tom-board except they have short 

 pieces of lath nailed on at the sides and 

 on the back end, which project up and 

 prevent the hive-body from moving side- 

 wise or backwards. To prevent its mov- 

 ing forwards, and to close the entrance, 

 blocks are used that I will describe, for 



depending upon a simple strip to close 

 entrance, with bottom-boards that have 

 strips around the outside to form the en- 

 trance, like the dovetailed bottom-board, 

 with me has sometimes caused trouble. 

 I take a strip that will just fit between 

 the strips on the bottom-board so it will 

 entirely close the entrance, and which is 

 about I -'4 inches wide. Then I take 

 another strip which is long enough to 

 reach clear across the bottom board, but 

 which is only %( inch wide. Now to 

 make myself clear I will say, take the 

 shorter strip and shove it in at the en- 

 trance until only about half its width is 

 left out in front, then take the longer 

 and narrow piece and lay it over or on 

 top of the short piece that projects out in 

 front, and tack the two together with 

 small nails that can be clinched. To 

 hold it in place when moving, two wire 

 nails are driven in the bottom-board in 

 front of it. With this kind of block, if 

 the body of the hive moves nearly an 

 inch on the bottom-board, either backward 

 or forward, no bees can escape. 



THE FIRST ANNIVERSRAY. 



It is just a year since the Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul road inaugurated 

 its celebrated Pioneer Limited passenger 

 train service between Chicago, Milwau- 

 kee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. This ser- 

 vice marked a new era in the railroad 

 world in the line of passenger accommo- 

 dations. At a cost of a quarter of a mil- 

 lion dollars that progressive company 

 furnished the traveling public, in its 

 Pioneer Limited train, comforts and facil- 

 ities the best ever produced. This train 

 has been described many times in news- 

 papers and Magazines, but should be 

 see!i and examined to be appreciated. In 

 beauty of finish, richness and elegance 

 of furnishing nothing equal to it has ever 

 been attempted by any other road. The 

 car builders were nearly a year in com- 

 pleting the Pioneer Limited trains (there 

 are two — one leaving Chicago for the 

 West and the other leaving the Twin 

 Cities for the East every evening in the 

 year) and they stand to day a monument 

 to the builder's art. No regular passen- 

 ger train service in America is as well 

 known as the Pioneer Limited. Prom 

 the standpoint of passenger traflic the 

 past twelve months have been the most 

 successful in the history of the St. Paul 

 road, made so very largely by the Pioneer 

 Limited. The patronage of this service 

 is a striking illustration of the fact that 

 the pul)lic appreciates a good thing. 



