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ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. 



Twelve poles, about 30 feet in leng-tb, were firmly planted in the 

 ground, 12 feet apart in a circle. From pole to pole, at the top, 

 heavy wire was stretched to keep the poles true, and in place, and to 

 afford support for the coverinjjfof mosquito-nettingf. Wires, or sup- 

 ports of some kind, are also stretched from each pole to its opposite 

 neighbor. The poles are also braced from the inside. Common 

 boards are used around the bottom to the height of five or six feet. 



After the tent is complete, colonies of bees are placed up close 

 against the wall of the tent, on the outside, each colony being given 

 two entrances. One is the regular entrance, outside of the tent. 



Tent for Controlling the Mating of Queens. 



which is contracted by means of queen-excluding metal, so that 

 neither drones nor queens can pass, but the workers can pass out 

 and in, and work in the fields in the usual manner. The other 

 entrance opens into the tent, and is large enough for the passage of 

 a queen or a drone, but is kept closed or darkened for about a week 

 after the colony is placed in position. This is done for the purpose 

 of educating the workers to use the outside entrance. The drones 

 are not allowed to use the outer entrance at any time, nor to enter 



