. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 85 iill with comb in such a place. As propolis accumulates, how- ever, this space will become less. The dummy should be light and at the same time quite substantial, and the one I use fulfills these requirements (rig. 42). The principal board of the dummy is leVg x 8% x 5-16, of pine. The other parts are of some tougher wood. The top- bar is 18% x 5-16 X 5-16. Each end-cleat is 8% x 1/2 x 5-16. It wiU be seen that the dummy is neither so long nor deep as a frame. That makes it easier to handle, and being at the side of the hive it
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 85 iill with comb in such a place. As propolis accumulates, how- ever, this space will become less. The dummy should be light and at the same time quite substantial, and the one I use fulfills these requirements (rig. 42). The principal board of the dummy is leVg x 8% x 5-16, of pine. The other parts are of some tougher wood. The top- bar is 18% x 5-16 X 5-16. Each end-cleat is 8% x 1/2 x 5-16. It wiU be seen that the dummy is neither so long nor deep as a frame. That makes it easier to handle, and being at the side of the hive it never makes any trouble. If I were making. Fig. 29—Tool-hasket. new dummies, I think I would make the principal board 15 inches long instead of 16%. It would be easier to handle, and bees are little inclined to fill in comb at the ends of the dummy. While the cut-off top-bars in the frames work nicely, they do not work so well in dummies, as I found upon trying a number of them. The principal objection to this dummy is that the top-bar, being only 5-16 square, is sometimes broken off, or pulled off, when the dummy is pried out of a hive where it is glued in. Some of them are made over in a simple way that is very satisfactory. The top-bar is entirely torn off, and for a. 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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