46 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



unless they were so light as to need feeding. If things were 

 always done just right, there ne\er would be any opened 

 because suspiciously light; but things are not always done just 

 right. 



ENTRANCE-CLOSEHS. 



The entrance is of course closed with wire cloth, and aft'.n' 

 trying a good many entrance-closers 1 have settled down upon 

 the simplest of all. It is a piece of wire cloth just large enough 

 to close the 12', ,s entrance and project an inch or so up on the 



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front of the lii\-e. To make the edges at the bottom and at the 

 two ends more firm, and to prevent them from rax-elin^', the 

 wire cloth is cut about 13' ii x 4, and about -Ki nE an inch folded 

 over at the bottom and at each end. These rdizes are folded 

 over the blade of a saw. When finished, the closer is 121 s 

 inches long or a trifle less, so it will easily fit in the bottom- 

 board. The closer is put in place, a piece of lath l:ii o inches 

 long is pushed up against it, and fastened by a nail in the 

 middle of the lath. Then to make it more secure, a nail at each 

 end is idaced perpendicularly a;^ainst the lath and dri\-en- a 



