. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK AT PER 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., DEC. 26, 1895. No. 52 Cot)irihutcd /Vrticlcs^ On Iznportant Jlpiarian Sulyjects, Large Hives ; Size aud Shape of Hives ; Conditions Necessary to Safe Winter- ing of Bees. and BY CHAS. DADANT. (Continued from page 790.) I was confirmed in the idea that large hives are better than small ones, by another remark which I made at that time, at the apiary of one of my neighbors. He had five or six hives in a covered apiary facing south. Those hives were placed upon strips made of inch lumber
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK AT PER 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., DEC. 26, 1895. No. 52 Cot)irihutcd /Vrticlcs^ On Iznportant Jlpiarian Sulyjects, Large Hives ; Size aud Shape of Hives ; Conditions Necessary to Safe Winter- ing of Bees. and BY CHAS. DADANT. (Continued from page 790.) I was confirmed in the idea that large hives are better than small ones, by another remark which I made at that time, at the apiary of one of my neighbors. He had five or six hives in a covered apiary facing south. Those hives were placed upon strips made of inch lumber, two inches wide, and nailed edgwise on stakes driven into the ground, so as to form a sort of rack. The hives had no bottom-boards, for our friend thought that bees succeeded best when they had plenty of air. Although the hives were very large, the bees, during the hot season, would build their combs downward in the empty space below, and during a good honey crop they even extended them on the sides and upwards; so that combs were built between the hives, and most of his hives showed, on the outside, the rudiments of combs thathad been cut off with a knife. Strange to say, colonies in these hives wintered successfully, and we were very much astonished, in one of the hardest winters, to find that he had not lost a single colony, while our losses had been heavy. Here is another instance : I went to a sale in the neigh- borhood. This was in 1S68. The farmer was selling out, and I wanted a cow and the bees that he had, if not too high in price. He had five hives, one very large, the others all small. It was in March, the weather was cold, the bees were not flying. I went to the hives and tapped the boards. The bees in the small hives answered " Zzzz ;" those in the large hive said "Booooo," and one or two bees showed themselves at once at the entrance. This settled the matter in my mind—I knew which hive to buy. When the turn came of the bees to be sold, the
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