. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. drerfe who sre (ORiinnn Si'nse Itroodir is th= btst. GOOD SEEOS^ CHElfXP ,^ Best in the World. , None so low in price. Largest illustrated I I seed catalogue ever printed, FREE. En- f I graving of every variety. Price only ll [cent per pkg, and up. A lot of extra! I packages, rare sorts, presented FREE 1 with every Send name and address by card or lettfi. [R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Illinois. Ilat-licail niiild. I then (t'vc llic cover a heavy coat of jiuiijt, usirii; outbldu white made from of zirii-and lead, and then rli;lit on to this t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. drerfe who sre (ORiinnn Si'nse Itroodir is th= btst. GOOD SEEOS^ CHElfXP ,^ Best in the World. , None so low in price. Largest illustrated I I seed catalogue ever printed, FREE. En- f I graving of every variety. Price only ll [cent per pkg, and up. A lot of extra! I packages, rare sorts, presented FREE 1 with every Send name and address by card or lettfi. [R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Illinois. Ilat-licail niiild. I then (t'vc llic cover a heavy coat of jiuiijt, usirii; outbldu white made from of zirii-and lead, and then rli;lit on to this t'rcen paint I lay a piece of ihin, un- hleachi'd rinifilin, cut two IncheH larger all around iIjhii the top of the cover. Standini; at the end of the cover, I cut a Iwo-lnch cahh into tlie , two Inche). from the conicr, Tiii» allow- the aldextriiii, to laparound under ihc endfs. I now (five the whole '-iiver another heavy coal of tlic Bariic paini rii.'ht on top of the cloll., and make the laps at ihccornern In (,'recn paint, holh underneath, in the middle, and outside; and I would advise to (five it an- other coat of paint after it is dry, Hucb a cover will uot warp, twi.'it nor check, and It can l)eex|iOhed to all of the elements of this oi^ any climate; and, in my opinion, if (fiven a I'oa*, of paint, such as I have named, once io three to live years, its owner will have a (food water-proof cover as long as he cares lo keep bees. When this cover is placed on the hive, it rests upon the siilex only, the ends shutting down over. There is about '.j-inch play all around, and it is at the ends where is secured the circulation through the air<'haintjer, which 1 consider one of its most important features. As an inside covering I use two or three thicknesses of burlap, both summer and win- ter; and when I crowd the cover on, the bur- lap, being cut ^o inch larger than the hive, is drawn taut so that the bees have a space above the frames; ami the cover is held securely wi
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