. Bees and how to keep Bees. 13 placed and in the other a wooden wedge is driven to hold it tight. The top bars can also be had with only one groove into which the foundation is placed and fastened with hot Fig. 8.—Hoffman frnnie with full sheet, of foundation wired in. Upon the approach of the honey flow a chamber, known as the super, to receive the surplus honey, is placed over the brood chamber. As the honey flow proceeds additional supers are usually needed. Accuracy of dimensions in beehives and fittings is of prime iniportance, and it usually pays better to procure them from


. Bees and how to keep Bees. 13 placed and in the other a wooden wedge is driven to hold it tight. The top bars can also be had with only one groove into which the foundation is placed and fastened with hot Fig. 8.—Hoffman frnnie with full sheet, of foundation wired in. Upon the approach of the honey flow a chamber, known as the super, to receive the surplus honey, is placed over the brood chamber. As the honey flow proceeds additional supers are usually needed. Accuracy of dimensions in beehives and fittings is of prime iniportance, and it usually pays better to procure them from a reliable manufacturer or his agent than to make them oneself. At least a pattern hive should be so obtained. For easy handling parts of the hive should be few, simply constructed, and as light as possible, consistent with strength and 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 Gooderham, C. B. Ottawa


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Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbees, bookyear1923