306 



How to Build a Bee House. 



three rooms through the roof. Wide doors on the south, if 

 the apiary is large, should permit the car to enter either of 

 the rooms on an extemporized track, whenever extracting or 

 taking off comb honey is in operation. 



The house should be so co^structed as to be always free 

 from rats and mice. In summer, wire gauze doors should be 

 used, and the same material should be tacked on the outside 

 of the window casing of the two south rooms. This gauze 

 should extend from four to six inches above, and be held out 



Fig. 166. 

 d 



d 



Bee House. 



b — Work-bench . 

 d, d, etc.,— Doors. w, w, e(e.,— Windows. o— Chimney. 



from the wall by one-fourth inch strips. This permits all bees 

 to leave the house, whUe the character of the opening pre- 

 cludes outside bees from entering. Inside doors should per- 

 mit our passing directly from any of these rooms to the others. 

 The position of the chimney makes it easy to have a fire in 

 any of the rooms. This would be desirable in the shop, in 

 winter, when hive making, etc. , is in operation, or when visit- ' 

 ing with other bee-keepers was in progress. The ripening of 

 honey or late extracting makes it often desirable to have a fire 



