. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 64 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE iJEKS the empty one in its place. Ov the fhange may be made when half the frames lia\e ehanged their places. The last makes the lifting a little lighter, but takes more time. The empty hive is now to be cleaned out, the hatchet being used for all but the rabbet, which is a separate contract. Prop- olis is used in large quantities in my locality, and the trough formed by the tin rabbet will, in the course of years, become completely Fig. IS—Hive-seat with Strap-handle. In (he matter of propolis, there is a difference in bees
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 64 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE iJEKS the empty one in its place. Ov the fhange may be made when half the frames lia\e ehanged their places. The last makes the lifting a little lighter, but takes more time. The empty hive is now to be cleaned out, the hatchet being used for all but the rabbet, which is a separate contract. Prop- olis is used in large quantities in my locality, and the trough formed by the tin rabbet will, in the course of years, become completely Fig. IS—Hive-seat with Strap-handle. In (he matter of propolis, there is a difference in bees as well as in localities. The worst daubers I ever had were the so-called Funics or Tunisians from the north of Africa. One colony put so much propolis at an upper entrance that I rolled up a liall of it souiewhere between the size of a hickorynut and a blackwalnut. To clean out the rabbet the small end of the hive-tool is well adapted. .Holding it perpendicidarly, with the edge of the tool diagonally in tlie trough, I play it baclnvard and forward until the trough is emptied of projiolis. Still 1)etler is a screw- driver, rather sharp, ground to just the right width to fit easily in the 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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