. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 106 THE BEE-KEEPER'S REVIEW nail both ways, but I soon abandoned this. I also formerly used soft pine, but, as that became so high in price, I now use what my dealer calls Arkansas, hard pine. He claims it is much softer than the Carolina hard pine, and not so likely to split or check when nailing. I now make my hives out of this class of lumber which cost me, last spring, S2 25 per 100 feet. That which I bought last spring was of good quality, almost entirely free from knots. I have it cut at the factory, where it costs me 50 cents an hour. I have the l
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 106 THE BEE-KEEPER'S REVIEW nail both ways, but I soon abandoned this. I also formerly used soft pine, but, as that became so high in price, I now use what my dealer calls Arkansas, hard pine. He claims it is much softer than the Carolina hard pine, and not so likely to split or check when nailing. I now make my hives out of this class of lumber which cost me, last spring, S2 25 per 100 feet. That which I bought last spring was of good quality, almost entirely free from knots. I have it cut at the factory, where it costs me 50 cents an hour. I have the lumber cut so as to simply nail the corners together like a dry goods box. I use the eight-penny box nails in nailing the hives, excepting at the top where the rabbet is cut; there I use six-penny nails. In nailing up 20 hives last spring there was not a nail that caused a check; and in nailing up these hives there was not one out of square, or in wind. I in- sisted and emphasized the fact that I wanted the cutting done accurately, and I got it well done. I formerly used tin rabbets, but, years ago, abandoned them; much preferring the plain rabbet. For the covers and bottoms I use floor- ing of the same kind of lumber that cost me S2 25 per 100 feet. It is so matched that it will work either side up. I have both the covers and bottoms cut the same length, then select for the covers pieces which are free from defects, and match them together, nailing a two-inch strip across each end. one on the upper and one on the lower side. This makes a reversible cover that has given me no trouble in warping. 1 also nail two strips on the under side of the bottom board, one at each end. I nail strips of plaster- ing lath on the upper side of the bottom board for the hive body to rest on. I give my hives two coats of white lead and zinc paint, and the covers never leak. I find that by making my hives this way that they cost me much less than if 1 bought them of a factory, and. at the same time
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