. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. \)e (Dee- A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $ A YEAR. w. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Prorrietoi. VOLXIV, FLINT. MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1901. NO, INTER -PROTECTION AND SPRING MANIPU- LATIONS. BY E. B. TYRREL. A glance at the picture, upon the op- posite page, which gives a view of my home-apiary, would convey the impres- sion that the hives were placed rather too close together for convenience; however, they are only about the width of a hive apart. The object of this arrangement being to move two rows together, in pre- pari
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. \)e (Dee- A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $ A YEAR. w. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Prorrietoi. VOLXIV, FLINT. MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1901. NO, INTER -PROTECTION AND SPRING MANIPU- LATIONS. BY E. B. TYRREL. A glance at the picture, upon the op- posite page, which gives a view of my home-apiary, would convey the impres- sion that the hives were placed rather too close together for convenience; however, they are only about the width of a hive apart. The object of this arrangement being to move two rows together, in pre- paring the bees for winter. In preparing the bees for winter, two rows are moved towards each other, a little at a time, the one forward and the other backward, un- til the two rows are converted into one vStraight row, with the hives close togeth- er, ready for packing. Boards are placed behind the row, about three inches from the hives, and reaching trom the ground up to about six inches above the hives. Boards are also placed in the same way in front of the hives, except that, in this case, they reach down only to within about two inches above the entrances. A narrow board is nailed on the lower edge and fits close to the hives in front to keep the packing from falling down over the en- trances. The space between these boards and the hives and above the hives is fill- ed with suitable packing, such as dry saw- dust, leaves, chaff, or planer shavings, and the whole is covered with boards or tarred felt. The entrances are kept as clear as possible. I remove the covers before placing the packing on top, sub- stituting in their stead, cloth or news- papers, perhaps both. I am not sure there is any advantage in this when flat, single-board covers are used; but, with gable covers, or covers having a space over the frames, I would remove them. Of course, these directions are modified to suit the hives. The chaff hives (of which I have only a limited number, and wish I had less) being l
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