. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 3, 1914] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 433 calico should be placed next the frames or sections. Quilts should be renewed once each year, and the time to do' this is when putting on the first super. Personally, I do not like a rack that is made just i2fin. wide (Fig. 20), as being narrow it cannot be worked in conjunction with a shallow frame super. The illustration ^Fig. 21) shows this difficulty. If the shallow frame super is put on first, then when the section rack is put under it a space is left under the frames for the bees to escape.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 3, 1914] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 433 calico should be placed next the frames or sections. Quilts should be renewed once each year, and the time to do' this is when putting on the first super. Personally, I do not like a rack that is made just i2fin. wide (Fig. 20), as being narrow it cannot be worked in conjunction with a shallow frame super. The illustration ^Fig. 21) shows this difficulty. If the shallow frame super is put on first, then when the section rack is put under it a space is left under the frames for the bees to escape. (Fig 22) shows how this is obviated by using a properly made rack. While (Fig. 23) shows an eke being used under a shallow frame super so that it will take brood frames to obtain combs for driven bees as mentioned previously. The section-rack par excellence is that shown in illustrations (Figs. 24 and 25), brought out by Messrs. James Lee & Son some years ago. This fulfils all the requirements of a good rack; it is made the same width and length as a ten-frame brood- chamber, and when placed in position on the hive fits right over the frames and prevents the escape of bees without the trouble of putting narrow strips of calico at one or both sides. It also prevents all possible chance of draughts, which, if allowed, will prevent the bees taking to the super. The extra width in the rack referred to above is blocked at the bottom with a thin board (Fig. 26), and the sections are kept in position by means of a following board, seen in (Figs. 24 and 25), and a spring-block (), made by grooving a piece of wood and fitting a lock-spring into it, both at the side and end. With such a lack, trouble is reduced to a minimum, as it can be worked either above or below a shallow frame super without the slightest trouble. (To be continued.) AN INTERESTING BEE-HIVE. The enclosed photographs show part of the apiary belonging to Mr. James Taylor, â who is a member of the Aberdeen and
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