. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1906 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 208 bought at the grocery. The entrance extends across one end, is an inch high and is guarded by a grating of wire nails driven up through the bottom; this is to keep out the mice. Inside the box is put a layer of several thick- nesses of newspaper against which at the bottom and near the top are nailed strips of wood about three quarters of an inch thick. To these is tacked an- other layer of newspapers, over which is placed a wall of wood. The frames hang on the top edge of this wall. The floor is also double. The f
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1906 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 208 bought at the grocery. The entrance extends across one end, is an inch high and is guarded by a grating of wire nails driven up through the bottom; this is to keep out the mice. Inside the box is put a layer of several thick- nesses of newspaper against which at the bottom and near the top are nailed strips of wood about three quarters of an inch thick. To these is tacked an- other layer of newspapers, over which is placed a wall of wood. The frames hang on the top edge of this wall. The floor is also double. The frames have wire tops and ends so that when in To hold the covers on, small holes are bored and long wire nails are pushed firmly in. Bees thus housed and shel- tered care for themselves, make rous- ing colonies, do grand work, rarely swarm, and stand all the extremes of one of the bleakest and most exposed spots in New England. Where possi- ble Mr. Latham locates his hives in clumps of the scrub oak or other trees scattered here and there in hollows of the land, but the protection thus afforded is slight indeed. A more successful "let alone" plan it will be hard to find in all this broad. BEACH GRASS AND GOLDENROD AS SEEN FROM MR. LATHAM'S PIAZZA, LOOKING SOUTH ALONG SHORE OF CAPE COD BAY. place they form an inner wall. They do not fill the hive from front to rear by half an inch and the space thus left is closed by a long wedge of wood, and when thus fixed the frame tops and wedge make a complete top to the hive and holds all bees below. Over these are laid a pad of newspapers and above by half an inch an inside cover of half inch boards. The outside of the Iiive and the outer cover is covered with a heavy black building paper, JParoid Roofing I believe it is called. land. Since the foregoing was written the following notes were received from Mr. Latham: "I captured my first swarm from the branch of an elm tree in 1884, June. The next summer I bought and other-
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