202 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



frequently for the sake of putting in or taking out combs, this 

 robber-cloth will be found a great convenience. No careful 

 adjustment is needed, as in putting on a regular hive-cover, but 

 one can take hold of the lath with one hand, and with a single 

 throw the hive is covered securely, with no killing of bees if 

 any should happen to be in the way. 



Fig. 71 — Shop {lookinfi South). 



MILLEE TENT-ESCAPE. 



Having made the lobber-cloth, an eseajie, not in the shape 

 of a cone, but in the shape of a pyramid, is fastened centrally 

 upon it (Fig. 73). Take three triangular pieces of wire cloth, 

 each of the three sides measuring tilike. Put them together in 

 the form of a tent, sewing the edges together at the three sides 

 by weaving fine wire through. At the top, however, let each of 

 the pieces be folded out, so that a hole large enough to push 

 your finger in will be left. Lay the tent centrally on the robber- 

 cloth, and mark where the three corners of the tent come. Now 

 starting at each of these points, cut the cloth to the center. Cut 

 away the three flaps of cloth all but about 1^4 inches, and turn 

 this 114-inch margin up on the outside of the tent and sew there 

 with heavy thread. 



