. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. APIARY. 25 APIARY. illustration here given will show the idea. The stakes should project up above the ground from one to six inches. Four inches will ordinarily be high enough. In that case the stakes need not be more than 18 inches long. The length of them, however, will depend a good deal on the character of the soil and the preference of operator— whether the hive shall be high or low. The stakes should be driven by line, and accu
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. APIARY. 25 APIARY. illustration here given will show the idea. The stakes should project up above the ground from one to six inches. Four inches will ordinarily be high enough. In that case the stakes need not be more than 18 inches long. The length of them, however, will depend a good deal on the character of the soil and the preference of operator— whether the hive shall be high or low. The stakes should be driven by line, and accurately measured off and afterward level- ed with a bottom-board and spirit-level. If the stakes stick up six inches above the the obvious advantage of a slanting front from the ground to the V) ground it will add greater convenience to the handling of the bees ; but in cool spring weather there should be some sort of board reaching from the ground up to the alight- ing-board, so that bees coming in somewhat chilled may crawl from the groiind up into the hive. Another arrangement that has been used to a considerable extent is what is known as the Ileddon hive-stand. It is made of four rough boards of cheap lumber from four to six inches wide, and one inch thick. HEDDUlSr HIVK SJ AND. The dimensions should, of course, be of the size of the bottom-board. The manner of patting together will be plain from the cut. This stand is preferred by a large number of bee-keepers. A modified form, and a much better one, is shown at the top of next column. It has. 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 Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company
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