HOW TO KEEP BEES. 



Fig. 1.— Hive Stand. 



flat stone or brick to prevent their sinking into the ground and rotting 

 and eventually allowing the hives to topple over under the load of a 

 heavy crop. 



Grass and weeds should be kept down and can be by heavy 

 salting; or squares of asphalt roofing paper slightly larger than the 

 stand may be laid on the ground before the stands are placed. 



In cities and villages bees are often kept in dwelling houses, being 

 placed in some upper room and entrance given through a window or 

 special passage cut through the walls. 



HIVES. 



Any of the hives commonly offered by the manufacturers of bee- 

 keepers supplies will do, but the more simple they are and the fewer 

 the loose parts, the more satisfactory they will prove in the long run. 

 Perhaps the most universal hive now in use is called the " Dovetailed" 

 hive, named from the manner of its locked coiners. (See Fig. 2.) 



Fig. 2.- — ^Dovetailed Hive. 



