. Gleanings in bee culture . ing. This make-shift didgood service for a num-ber of years, as a room was wantedthat was more secure,and where the wholeextracting-outfit couldbe left during was provided for asshown in Fig. 4. It isof T. & G. lumber witha good floor and roof,the latter being one ofthose tar - paper - and -burlap patents asmanufactured nearwhere this apiary is lo-cated. A coat of hot taris applied to this roofevery two years, and itis as good to-day as itwas the year it was sliding windowsadmit light and provide ventilation. Having thus improved thi
. Gleanings in bee culture . ing. This make-shift didgood service for a num-ber of years, as a room was wantedthat was more secure,and where the wholeextracting-outfit couldbe left during was provided for asshown in Fig. 4. It isof T. & G. lumber witha good floor and roof,the latter being one ofthose tar - paper - and -burlap patents asmanufactured nearwhere this apiary is lo-cated. A coat of hot taris applied to this roofevery two years, and itis as good to-day as itwas the year it was sliding windowsadmit light and provide ventilation. Having thus improved this part of the as-pect of the apiary, the owner wanted tosoften some of the other ugly features there-of. He took a crowbar and jammed twoholes into the ground and inserted a tall eu-calyptus pole in each. These holes wereabout eight feet apart. A piece of woodwas nailed across at the bottom or near theground, and another piece was likewisefastened well toward the top. Then a pieceof poultry-netting was stretched upon the.
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