. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. Fi(i. 5.—How the liook end is useful in fishing out frames and division-boards. Fkj. t.—The proper way to piy all I he I'lanus over at one operation. Some prefer a hive-tool having a narroAved end like a screwdriver; but the continuous use of a tool like this abrases the edges of the hives so that, after a time, it leaves bruise marks and cracks, inviting winds and storms, and robbers when they are i)rowling about. For separating two
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. Fi(i. 5.—How the liook end is useful in fishing out frames and division-boards. Fkj. t.—The proper way to piy all I he I'lanus over at one operation. Some prefer a hive-tool having a narroAved end like a screwdriver; but the continuous use of a tool like this abrases the edges of the hives so that, after a time, it leaves bruise marks and cracks, inviting winds and storms, and robbers when they are i)rowling about. For separating two hives heavy with honey there is nothing better than a wide thin blade made of good spring steel, tem- pered just hard enough to have the resillient qiuilities of a buggy-spring. HOW TO AVOKK OVER THE HIVES. Many yard men prefer to work with a sort of stool and hive box combined; others wish to have nothing to lug around the bee-smoker and the hive-tool. As most hives are placed on or near the groiuid, one must either sit down on some object or kneel 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 Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company
Size: 1596px × 1566px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbees, bookyear1910
