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and hold out two sections — side by side, where they are neid 

 by tacking a stick on top across each end of the row- P« 

 also places two tiers, two deep, at each end of tne orood- 

 chamber, if he desires to give so much room. 



Mr. Adam Grimm once wrote that boxes above the hive 

 should not be closely covered. As already stated, Mr. Heddon 

 puts no close cover over his sections. Mr. Hasty is pleased 

 with simply a cloth, cheap muslin, about his sections and a 

 board cover to protect from rains. Such ventilation of the 

 sections is scientific as well as practical. 



All apiarists who desire to work for comb honey that will 

 sell, will certainly use the sections, and adjust them by use of 

 either frames or crates. Each method has its friends, though 

 I think crates are taking the lead. 



FOOT POWEE SAW. 



Every apiarist, who keeps only a few bees, will find, if he 

 makes his own hives, a foot power saw very valuable. I 

 have used, with great satisfaction, the admirably combined 

 foot power saw of W. F. & John Barnes. It permits rapid 

 work, insures uniformity, and enables the apiarist to give a 

 finish to his work that would rival that of the cabinet-maker. 



Those who procure such a machine should learn to file and 

 set the saw, and should never run the machine when not in 

 perfect order. 



When just beginning the business it will generally be wise to 

 secure a fully equipped hive of some bee-keeper or dealer in 

 supplies. If there is a hive factory near at hand, it may pay 

 to buy all hives ready made; otherwise high freights make 

 this unprofitable. If a person wishes to manufacture hives 

 by the score, either for himself or others, even the foot power 

 saw will soon become too slow and wearying. In this case 

 some use wind power, which is too uncertain to give full satis- 

 faction; others use horse-power, and still others procure a 

 small steam engine. 



Mr. M. H. Hunt, a very thoughtful apiarist, uses a very 

 convenient horse power (Fig. 66). The large wheel is fifteen 

 feet in diameter, the horse is inside the rim, and the band con- 

 sists of a chain, that it may not slip. To get the horse in 

 position, the wheel, is lowered. 



