. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IKK Litotes Coimncnfs .^ Spring Protection of Bees The editor of the Bee-Keepers' Review is quite enthusiastic about protecting bees in spring by wrapping the hives with tarred felt. It N. E. France is correct in saying that a colony protected by tarred paper will have double as much brood as an unprotected one when warna weather comes, it may well be worth while to make trial of such protection. Although the protection should be given im- mediately when the bees are taken from the cellar, there are still some cold days due for many this spring. One m
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IKK Litotes Coimncnfs .^ Spring Protection of Bees The editor of the Bee-Keepers' Review is quite enthusiastic about protecting bees in spring by wrapping the hives with tarred felt. It N. E. France is correct in saying that a colony protected by tarred paper will have double as much brood as an unprotected one when warna weather comes, it may well be worth while to make trial of such protection. Although the protection should be given im- mediately when the bees are taken from the cellar, there are still some cold days due for many this spring. One may make a jumbling job of fastening on the covering, and Editor Hutchinson gives what seems to be an excellent way in the fol- lowing : The usual method of putting on the felt is to fold it down over the hive and fasten it by tacking a strip of thin wood along the lower edge on each side of the hive, but I have tried a plan that I like better, viz., that of tying it on, putting a piece of wool twine, or some coarse twine, around the hive in two places and drawing it up as tightly as possible, then tying it. The only difficulty with this method of fastening on the paper, is to keep it in place while the strings are being put on and tied. Ordinarily it would require the services of two or three persons, but I hit upon a scheme whereby one man can do the act easily. The felt is a yard wide. Cut it off in lengths just long enough to reach over the top of the hive and down each side to the bottom. Then cut out pieces just the size of the end of the hive. The piece that is to go in front of the hive should be cut on a slight circle on one edge, and this edge turned down so as to leave a place open at the bottom for an en- trance. To hold the paper in place while it is being lied, I tacked a block to the side of the top-bar of a brood-frame (of course, any stick will answer) at each end. I had the blocks at such a distance apart that when the felt had been folded over the hive, as one
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