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Beekeeping 
bees. A hive 
cover on edge 
makes a good 
temporary seat 
and has the ad¬ 
vantage of being 
where it is 
needed,and when 
needed is not 
otherwise oc¬ 
cupied. 
Other equipment. 
There are some additional appliances which may be use¬ 
ful in any apiary and which may be mentioned briefly. 
For making changes in supplies and in devising parts for 
special uses, the apiary equipment should include some 
carpenter’s tools, among which may be mentioned hammers, 
saws (including a keyhole saw), 
brace and bits, square, planes 
and a good supply of nails of as¬ 
sorted sizes. Cement-coated nails 
are the best for most purposes 
Fig. 30. — Alley queen and drone trap. Fig. 31. — Bee-escape board. 
in the apiary. Queen and drone traps, usually known as 
Alley traps (Fig. 30), are useful in catching undesirable 
drones or in preventing the escape of a queen at swarming 
time (p. 273). Bee-escapes (Figs. 19 and 31) are used in 
removing bees from supers of hyney, especially comb- 
Fig. 29. — Tool-box seat. 
