. Gleanings in bee culture. little nailing, for it does look a little asthough there had been an explosion inside ofit. I do not keep hammers lying around loose,Mr. Rambler ; but here is a harrow-tooth withwhich I do my nailing. Land oGoshen ! harrow-tooth ! Who candrive nails with a harrow-tooth ? No wonderyour hives are wee waw, and covers see , down south if a bee-keeper had only anax and a harrow-tooth for a kit of tools hedbe ashamed to meet a— Yes, yes; but, see here, Rambler; youhave lived too long in the South. Those fel- 232 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 lows down there hav
. Gleanings in bee culture. little nailing, for it does look a little asthough there had been an explosion inside ofit. I do not keep hammers lying around loose,Mr. Rambler ; but here is a harrow-tooth withwhich I do my nailing. Land oGoshen ! harrow-tooth ! Who candrive nails with a harrow-tooth ? No wonderyour hives are wee waw, and covers see , down south if a bee-keeper had only anax and a harrow-tooth for a kit of tools hedbe ashamed to meet a— Yes, yes; but, see here, Rambler; youhave lived too long in the South. Those fel- 232 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 lows down there have spoiled you. Next weknow youll want the whole earth. Whowants a better tool to drive a nail with than agood harrow-tooth? Mr. McCubbin and I discussed these mat-ters, both in a happy frame of mind ; and,though we differed on some points, there wereenough upon which we did agree so we foundwe could work harmoniously for the produc-tion of honey ; and as the cover question isunder discussion between us, and is a question. AN APIARV IN A WEED-PATCH ; A MULE MIRAGE of no mean importance, I wish to give someideas in that line that I have gleaned fromconnection with many bee-keepers. First, I show you a half-tone of our out-apiary. It is located in the midst of a rankgrowth of alkali weeds. A good share of thecovers on these hives are of the cracked kind;but between the covers and the frames, a grain-sack is spread. One would naturally supposethat such a cover, or combination of sack andcover, would leak like a sieve. Later in theseason, after 24 hours of steady downpour ofrain, I went out to examine these wonderfulcovers and their capacity for turning waterinto the hive. To my surprise I found thebees on deck, ready for business as soon as Iturned back the sack. The cracks in the cov-er had swelled tight, and only a little of thewater from the first hour of rain had pene-trated the hive. The sack was soaking wet ;but as there was ample ventilation above, assoon as the cover drie
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