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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



dry goods box, but a rolling table would pa}' for a longer house. This 

 table should be just the level of the shelves. The sidewalls and roof 

 could be made of dressed hemlock and roofing paper or shiplap siding 

 for sides, as you like. The cost is nearl}- the same. 1 he window- 

 should be a single light, about 16x10, cut one-half inch short at the 

 top or bottom. Jt could be reversed, but the bees go out freer at 

 the bottom in all kinds of weather. For winter we stop this cut up. 

 The window should be encased in a little sash just the thickness of 

 your siding lumber, then put a casing or binding on the outside, let- 

 ting it project over the edges of the window hole and set your window 

 m against this and then a little button on each side of the window 

 IS all you need, and to take out or put in the window you only turn 

 a button. 



The building should be set north and south, the body way, so 

 your bees will fly east and west. The building should set on level 

 land and if your land is not level 1 would not build the houses too 

 long or scrape down to a level, as this would not amount to much, 

 as the house is so narrow. The bracing for the shelves we attach to 

 the studding and tack a piece of refuse board to the studding and 

 your brace will nail straight onto the board your shelves rest on. 



The numbers seen 

 {For interior view see fronti<:piece in February Review) 



Exterior view of Poultry House where bees are kept. 



are near the hive entrances. 



