. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 190 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. not bees, body frequently resting- a while before crawling up to the entrance. Sometimes they will alight on a bush, or your clothes if you are near the hive, and after a little rest enter the hiveâthis especially if the porch is not all that is to be desired. Should the board be small, they sometimes miss it and fall to the ground, and are chilled before they rise. Again, the board should have a good slope, making ah angle of about 120° (the third of a circle) with the hive front. This only prevents wet and d
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 190 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. not bees, body frequently resting- a while before crawling up to the entrance. Sometimes they will alight on a bush, or your clothes if you are near the hive, and after a little rest enter the hiveâthis especially if the porch is not all that is to be desired. Should the board be small, they sometimes miss it and fall to the ground, and are chilled before they rise. Again, the board should have a good slope, making ah angle of about 120° (the third of a circle) with the hive front. This only prevents wet and dead bees, and other dcbri remaining on it, but facilitates the landing of the It is more adapted to the slope of the bee's as it lauds, and thus it gets hold with all its six feet at once. I have often seen bees skid on a level board and strike the hive front. Sometimes it prefers instead to land on the vertical hive-front above the entrance. "When a bee is out for an airing, after being confined, you will see it always prefers to land on a sloping or vertical surface before a horizontal ofle to rest. The slope prevents departing and returning bees meeting in collision, too. The board should never be painted, and I prefer it not planed, unless too rough. I do not like it to reach down to the ground, because of earwigs, snails, mice, &c. As to the roof of the porch, I consider this the least important part. It is only useful to prevent driving rains or snow from striking the hive entrance, and in winter to shade it. Indeed, it is rather in the way of the bees than otherwise, as they prefer to alight as close to the entrance as possible. I therefore make mine pro- ject only three inches, and level so as not to drip on to the landing-board ; and by making a saw-cut across the under surface, it inclines slightly to the sides. Then as to the sides. These are of more importance than, I think, is generally accorded to them. They are undoubtedly necessary for saving bee lif
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