. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 464 HOXET PRODUCTION are used to cover the cases to keep away robbers. They are made of very coarse cloth or giuiny, about a yard square. '' Take two pieces of latli, each about as long as the hive, and liiy one upon tlie other, with one edge of the cloth between them. The cloth is longer than the lath, allowing 6 inches or more of the cloth to project at each end of the lath. Now nail the laths togetlier with I'l; inch wire nails, clinching them. Serve the opposite end the same way, and the robber cloth. Fig. 206. • SUPER WITH EOEBEE CLOTH AND P
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 464 HOXET PRODUCTION are used to cover the cases to keep away robbers. They are made of very coarse cloth or giuiny, about a yard square. '' Take two pieces of latli, each about as long as the hive, and liiy one upon tlie other, with one edge of the cloth between them. The cloth is longer than the lath, allowing 6 inches or more of the cloth to project at each end of the lath. Now nail the laths togetlier with I'l; inch wire nails, clinching them. Serve the opposite end the same way, and the robber cloth. Fig. 206. • SUPER WITH EOEBEE CLOTH AND PAN. is complete. You can take holil of the lath with one hand, lift the cloth from a hive or super, and with a quick throw, in- stantly cover up again your hive or super perfectly bee ; ("A Year Among the Bees," 1886.) The operator opens a hive, removes the super, places it in a tin pan, and covers it with a robber cloth. He then ex- amines the brood chamber, from which one or two combs may be removed if advisable. We usually leave all the honey in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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