. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 794 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Nov. 16, 1905 PROTECTING HIVES FROM SUN HEAT. "Should hives be protected from the heat of the sun? If so, what is the best method?" Mr. Hutchinson—I think where you are producing comb honey, and the heat drives the bees out of the supers, it is an advantage to have the hives shaded. I don't know of anything better than a mov able board. You can make a very cheap "board" out of shingles by having a piece across the center of each, and you may nail the butts of the shingles together and make a shade-board
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 794 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Nov. 16, 1905 PROTECTING HIVES FROM SUN HEAT. "Should hives be protected from the heat of the sun? If so, what is the best method?" Mr. Hutchinson—I think where you are producing comb honey, and the heat drives the bees out of the supers, it is an advantage to have the hives shaded. I don't know of anything better than a mov able board. You can make a very cheap "board" out of shingles by having a piece across the center of each, and you may nail the butts of the shingles together and make a shade-board 2 by 3 feet. Have the hive face either east or west, and lay that board on top of the hive. Mr. Kimmey—When it gets hot enough to drive the bees out of the super, you say. Do you know that it ever does Mr. Hutchinson—Yes. Mr. Kimmey—Some one has told us if the hives are open; Mr. Doolittle has said there was no need of opening them at all. Mr. Hutchinson—It depends upon the location. If the hives are standing in a close place, where the sun could beat down and no breeze pass over, that would make a great difference. If they stood out on a hill where the breeze could'blow over, that would make a great difference. Mr. ^Meredith—A gentleman I have some dealing with in the bee-business recommended planting grape-vines; that lets the heat of the sun directly on the hives before the leaves come out, and after the leaves have fallen in the fall, and it gave them shade protection in the summer, using the Clinton grape more on account of its pro4ificness. Mr. Snell—I think the matter of shade depends largely upon location, as Mr. Hutchinson said; where the apiary is surrounded by a good deal of wind-break the air is suffocating, and the hives in that case will need shading; where, if they stood out in more of an open place, where there is more circulation of air, they would not become heated up enough so that the bees would chister out very much and desert the super
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