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VOL. XV. FLINT, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 10, 1902. NO. 8, 



A HANDY BEE TENT. 



BY JOHN NEWTON. 



Directions for Making a Tent that Is Light, and Roomy, 

 Yet can be Quickly Folded into a small Compass. 



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TO HE engraving upon the opposite page 

 T^ is of the bee tent used in my apiary; 

 and I often wonder why so few bee-keep- 

 ers use tents when they save so much time 

 and excitement in the bee yard. I lind 

 the bee-tent one of the most useful things 

 I have to use about the yard; and would 

 not on any account do without it. It is 

 built very light so as it can be easily car- 

 ried around, and when through with, it 

 can be closed up and put away. 



You will see by the engraving that it is 

 made of very light material. The corner 

 posts are i x i "4 inches, made of gray 

 elm so as to make them strong and light. 

 The bottom and top bars are of pine, and 

 of the same dimentions as the corner 

 posts. The frame of the hinged top and 

 the braces are made of lighter material. 



The tent, when open, is $}< feet high, 

 3 feet wide and 4 feet long. It is hinged 

 together at each joint, the braces shut- 

 ting to the inside when closed, and is 



rs calling one to another— milton. 



held together b}' means of straps at the 

 corners. The top frame fits inside the 

 frame-work of the tent, being fastened 

 down with two hooks inside the tent, 

 thus holding the tent open and in posi- 

 tion. In the engraving the top is shown 

 thrown back. The bar at the back of 

 the tent holds the bottom open by a slid- 

 ing strip of strong wood which slides on 

 screw nails. The bottom side bars are 

 used as handles for carrying the tent from 

 hive to hive. The covering is of strong 

 cotton, except a piece of wire netting 18 

 inches wide across each side, which is 

 used to make it lighter and airier when 

 working inside. The front has two 

 widths of cotton and when not pinned 

 back they fall down and lap over each 

 other, thus closing the doorway. When 

 the tent is closed it is 5>^ feet by four 

 feet by six inches. 



Now as to a few uses to which the tent 

 is put. First of all, it is used in the early 



