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Dibision Board. 



just the size of the hive. This is durable, is not covered so 

 quickly with propolis, and is easily cleaned. Some keep this 

 on in winter, but I prefer a porous cover. From the cgld days 

 of fall to the warm spring days, I replace the enamel-cloth 

 covers with those made of the best factory cloth. As these are 

 just the size of the hive when once properly on, the bees can 

 never get above them. By cutting on three sides of a square, 

 one inch on a side, we form a flap which, when we desire to 

 feed, may be turned back and the hole of the feeder placed 

 right above it. . 



Mr. Langstroth used a board which he called the Honey 

 Board, above the frames, which Mr. Heddon uses even now. 

 This has long narrow openings in it, through which the bees 

 can pass to the sections above. Perhaps Mr. Heddon never 

 used cloth covers. Perhaps his love of order and neatness 

 caused him to discard them. Still, I feel grateful towards 

 Mr. A. I. Root for calling my attention to these warm, soft, 

 flexible covers. 



DIVISION BOARD. 



A close-fitting division board (Fig. 48) for contracting the 

 brood chamber, is very important, and though unappreciated 

 by'many excellent, apiarists, yet I think no hive is complete 

 without it. 



Pig. 48. 



I find it especially valuable in winter and spring, and useful 

 at all seasons. It is made of the same form as the frames, 

 though aU below the top-bar — ^which consists of a strip thirteen 

 inches, by one inch, by three-eights, nailed firmly to the board 

 below — is a solid inch board (Fig. 48, 6), which is exactly one 

 foot square, so that it fits closely to the inside of the hive. If 



