. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The manufacture of a drone trap being then an easy task, we further suggest that it be made so as to be adaptable in a moment to every ordinary hive. If a board be cut of the shape shewn in annexed engraving, one side being plain, and the. three others having diffi;rent curves, it will fit the fronts of almost all the varied hives in Pillars should be fixed at the corners as shewn, and the traps or falls fixed to each side, as suggested by the dotted lines. Another board laid on to]i would complete the drone trap, which could then be
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The manufacture of a drone trap being then an easy task, we further suggest that it be made so as to be adaptable in a moment to every ordinary hive. If a board be cut of the shape shewn in annexed engraving, one side being plain, and the. three others having diffi;rent curves, it will fit the fronts of almost all the varied hives in Pillars should be fixed at the corners as shewn, and the traps or falls fixed to each side, as suggested by the dotted lines. Another board laid on to]i would complete the drone trap, which could then be applied to any hive at any time of the day, and all drones would then be most certainly trapped either on leavi]ig or returning to the hive. Such a trap might be made of almost any size, but of course small ones would be more likely to choke than large As the time will shortly arrive for depriving stocks, &c., of their honey, we wotild remind those who intend to transfer or unite their stocks, that it is useless to attempt to unite any but those standing next to each other, unless one of the two to be united has been brought from a considerable distance. It will be manifest that stocks which have been used to any one location, will not suddenly adopt themselves to any other near b)', unless after natiu'al s^\â arming, and it is from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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