American bee journal . of an inch wider than 6% inches ; butwe cannot always get tin to cut thatwidth, and as 14x20 inches is a regu-lar size, and that cuts just four Si-inch separators, we usuallj make themthat size, for it works very well. Ifthey are centrally nailed on the sideframes and placed between sections,and the supers properly manipulated,not much trouble will result.—JasiesHeddon. There should be at least a bee-space(f of an inch) at the top and bottombetween the tin separators and theinside of the sections. From J to f ofan inch would be better. What tin-ners call Coke tin is gene
American bee journal . of an inch wider than 6% inches ; butwe cannot always get tin to cut thatwidth, and as 14x20 inches is a regu-lar size, and that cuts just four Si-inch separators, we usuallj make themthat size, for it works very well. Ifthey are centrally nailed on the sideframes and placed between sections,and the supers properly manipulated,not much trouble will result.—JasiesHeddon. There should be at least a bee-space(f of an inch) at the top and bottombetween the tin separators and theinside of the sections. From J to f ofan inch would be better. What tin-ners call Coke tin is generallj used,because it is stiflfer, as well as cheaper.—The SWARMING-. Subscribers who do not receive this paperpromptlj-, will please notify us at once. Bees Sclcfling a Home BcroreSwarming, etc. ^yriUen Snr the American Bee JournalBY G. JI. DOOLITTLE. In regard to bees selecting a homebefore they swarm, there seems to bea difterence of opinion, some claimingthat they do select it, while others areequally sure that they swarm withoutany knowledge of where they aregoing. In most cases, probablj-, thelatter view is correct, yet I am positivethat some swarms do select their futureabode some days before they swarm. Wlien but a boy, I manj times sawbees searching the body of a large treeall over, which stood on the edge ofthe woods, as if looking for some placeto enter it, and at that time I wonder-ed what thej- were doing. Later on, the same thing was wit-nessed, only at this time the bees weregoing in and out of a hole in anothertree, as well as to be looking over thetrunk of the tree. In this latter casethe bees were seen for several days atwor
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