. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. WINTEEIKG. 251 cavation in a dry knoll, or side-hill, to the depth of about three feet. If the number of bees only demand a single clamp, the door may be placed at the end; but if a double clamp with two rooms is needed, the door should be at the center of one side, opening into the ante-room for the stove, between the two apartments. T
. Quinby's new bee-keeping. The mysteries of bee-keeping explained. Combining the results of fifty years' experience, with the latest discoveries and inventions, and presenting the most approved methods, forming a complete guide to successful bee-culture. Bees. WINTEEIKG. 251 cavation in a dry knoll, or side-hill, to the depth of about three feet. If the number of bees only demand a single clamp, the door may be placed at the end; but if a double clamp with two rooms is needed, the door should be at the center of one side, opening into the ante-room for the stove, between the two apartments. This idea of warm- ing clamps with a stove is original with Captain Hether- ington. A wall should be laid in hydraulic cement around the sides of this three-foot excavation, upon which plates should be laid to support the rafters. These. Fig. 100.—DOUBLE CLAMP. should be sufficiently heavy to sustain the superincumT bent weight. The roof should be quite steep. Slats about' three inches wide are nailed over the entire sur- face of the rafters, about one-fourth of an inch apart. Over these straw is spread to keep the earth from falling through before it becomes packed. The ends should be walled or banked to the peak of the roof, and the, entire top covered with at least twelve inches of dry earth. A good roof shotild be put over all to keep it perfectly diy. In the thick side wall, double doors should be built, containing an air space. Similar doors should be made to the rooms inside. The stove is to be set up in the small ante-room, and fresh air brought to it through tubes, and warmed when needful. Openings from the stove-room to the bee-rooms should be at the top. 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 Quinby, M. (Moses), 1810-1875; Root, Lyman C. , 1840- ed. New York, Orange Judd company
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