. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 164 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES the combs may be in such condition that the queen will be cramped for room, even in a hogshead. NON-SWARMING PILES. For a good many years I have been in the habit of having in each apiary one or more colonies whose hives were kept as a. Fig. 55—Heartsease. sort of storehouse where extra frames of brood or honey could be put, to be drawn from as occasion required, but often there has been no drawdng, and these " piles " have grown to be four or five stories high with an immense force of bees. I never knew one of them
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 164 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES the combs may be in such condition that the queen will be cramped for room, even in a hogshead. NON-SWARMING PILES. For a good many years I have been in the habit of having in each apiary one or more colonies whose hives were kept as a. Fig. 55—Heartsease. sort of storehouse where extra frames of brood or honey could be put, to be drawn from as occasion required, but often there has been no drawdng, and these " piles " have grown to be four or five stories high with an immense force of bees. I never knew one of them to swarm. But the ventilation was as im- mense as the force of bees, for each story had an entrance of. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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