. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 174 THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW Those having Danz frames will have to put ^^-incli blocks in each end of the box to keep the frames from getting out of place, but 'for the Langstrath, or Hoffman frame, blocks in one end will be all that are need- ed, but short rab- bets must be cut in the front inside edge of both ends to let the end of the top- bars go in, when the cover being put on the frame will be held securely. The great advantage of this style of de- coy-hive is that to hive a colony cap- tured all one has to do is take out the frame with bees and bro
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 174 THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW Those having Danz frames will have to put ^^-incli blocks in each end of the box to keep the frames from getting out of place, but 'for the Langstrath, or Hoffman frame, blocks in one end will be all that are need- ed, but short rab- bets must be cut in the front inside edge of both ends to let the end of the top- bars go in, when the cover being put on the frame will be held securely. The great advantage of this style of de- coy-hive is that to hive a colony cap- tured all one has to do is take out the frame with bees and brood, put it into the hive v\ath the rest of the frames, replace an e m p t y frame in the decoy hive, and the job is done. Running out of convenient frames last spring, and hav- ing a few spoiled sections, I set a cou- ple of section hold- ers in the decoy hive I had, wedged the sections in and put it out, later on fixing a few more the same way. I caught one swarm, found it when there was sealed brood in it, cut out the brood and transferred to a hive, and feel now like advising others to use their old sections in this way. I, at this writing, have 100 decoy hives made, shall construct a few more for this season's use, and may have a story to write about it this fall. I have made arrangements with some of my farmer friends to take out each a few decoy-hives, put them up into trees about the farm, and for each swarm brought in I am to give five pounds of honey. This is a mutually advantageous arrangement. The rest. Just a Little Box; A Few Sections, and Dr. Bonney Catches the Run-Away 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 National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.
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