. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOLXIV, FLINT. MICHIGAN, JULY 10, 1901. NO, OME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A WELL-ARRANGED BEE-SHED. BY WM. STOL- LEY. With a well-arranged bee-shed every- thing used in the manipulation of the bees is close at hand and under shelter. The bee-keeper and the bees are always in the shade; and work can be continued even if a shower comes up. The use of a shed insures safer wintering, discour- ages swarming, and keeps all hives and fixtures in
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOLXIV, FLINT. MICHIGAN, JULY 10, 1901. NO, OME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A WELL-ARRANGED BEE-SHED. BY WM. STOL- LEY. With a well-arranged bee-shed every- thing used in the manipulation of the bees is close at hand and under shelter. The bee-keeper and the bees are always in the shade; and work can be continued even if a shower comes up. The use of a shed insures safer wintering, discour- ages swarming, and keeps all hives and fixtures in out of the weather. All of my hives are i8 or 20 years old, yet they are just as good as new. The picture that I send you was taken recently, and shows my apiary up to date. The lower tier shows 20 hives actually occupied with bees, with supers full of surplus stores nearly ready for the ex- tractor. In the upper tier I rear what queens I may need for my own use. Ten nuclei are ready now to be lowered to their proper places below. They have young laying queens and are strong enough in bees and brood to receive their first set of surplus combs. • The shed is 90 feet long and 8 feet wide, strongly built and quite well pro- tected from the winds by surrounding trees and bushes. The only fault I find with it is that it is too narrow. If I had it to do over again I should make it at least 10 feet wide—possibly 12 feet. As it is, there is scarcely room in the rear of the hives for comfortably working with the bees; and I often find it easier to work in front of the hives; even if it does in- terfere somewhat with the flying bees. Fifteen shade-boards, six feet long and three feet wide, protect the hives in front, in winter, against wind and drift- ing snow. When these boards are laid down in winter to allow the bees to have a flight, it makes a fine place for them to alight. At such times I also sweep the snow from the roof, and this, together with the shade boards, is the means
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