. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Producers $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HOTCfllNSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XiV, FLINT. MICHiGAN, FEBRUARY 10, I90:, NO, SUN-CAP THx\T FURNISHES EXCELLENT SPRING AND WINTER PROTECTION. BY W. J. FREE. My hive is tlie Uangstroth, holding eight frames and follower. They are of the Hoffman style, same as catalogued by the A. I. Root Co. The bottom-board is reversible; one side being raised 3^ of an inch. When this side is up it leaves a space, below the frames, of i Vg inches. The cover is a little different
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Producers $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HOTCfllNSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XiV, FLINT. MICHiGAN, FEBRUARY 10, I90:, NO, SUN-CAP THx\T FURNISHES EXCELLENT SPRING AND WINTER PROTECTION. BY W. J. FREE. My hive is tlie Uangstroth, holding eight frames and follower. They are of the Hoffman style, same as catalogued by the A. I. Root Co. The bottom-board is reversible; one side being raised 3^ of an inch. When this side is up it leaves a space, below the frames, of i Vg inches. The cover is a little different from most covers in use; being composed of a honey- board and sun-cap. The honey-board is exactly the size of the top of the hive, and 34 of an inch thick, cleated at each end to prevent warping. Sun-cap is ^ inch longer, and y^ wider, inside, than the outside of the hive, three inches deep, and covered on top with a sheet of stove- pipe iron painted on both sides. This sun-cap tests on a cleat % of an inch be- low the top of the hive. This cleat goes clear around the hive and answers for a hand-hole. This is the tim^e of the year I get my bees ready for winter. Of course, feeding would be done earlier. Now is the time the hive is put in shape for winter. By reversing the bottom-board the entrance is closed to a space of 3^^ inches by ^ deep; the honey-board is removed and a sawdust cushion used instead. The cushion is made as follows: a wooden rim, the size of the hive, and 1 }4 inches high, with a bottom of factory cotton below four thicknesses of newspaper, is placed on a flat board, filled full of fine sawdust, pressed down quite firm, and covered with four or five sheets of news- paper. This makes the best cushion that I know of for winter and spring. There is very little if any upward ventilation, which I believe to be detrimental. Any porous covering robs the bees of their warmth, which leads to an increase of honey consumption. When the hives are placed in the cel- lar,
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