36 WIN IE BIN 6 BEES 



SHALL WE PUT THE COLONIES BACK ON THE OLD STANDS IN 

 SPRING? 



There is this advantage in putting the colonies back on 

 the stands occupied the previous season : Mr. H. R. Board- 

 man letters each row in his apiary, and numbers every hive, 

 each body and bottom-board bearing the number and the 

 letter of its respective position. In the spring, in carrying 

 bees out he is able to deposit his hive right where it was the 

 preceding fall. " C6," we will say, is to go directly to the 

 C row, and on arrival it is replaced on bottom No. 6. Mr. 

 Boardman does not attach very much importance to bees 

 being put back upon their old stands; though if he can, just 

 as conveniently, he prefers doing so, because some old bees 

 will go back to where they were the previous fall. 



CARRIERS FOE HIVES. 



A wheeled vehicle is not as good for moving bees in and 

 out of a cellar as some sort of carrier. There are several 

 good ones, and we here show a few. 



For hives without projections a pair of U-shaped wires 

 bent to form a sort of bail answers nicely. The bottom 

 hooks catch on to the bottom of the hive as shown. 



Dr. Miller uses a rope as seen in the next cut. Of course, 

 it can be used only when the hives are cleated at the ends. 



Where hives are carried any distance, and help is scarce, 

 the yoke can be used. One man can carry two heavy hives 



