The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . wish to give a supply of water thatwill last them a month or more, it may be wellto get a large glass bottle or carboy, at the drug - store, and your bees will then havewater during the season, all they canuse. Where there is a spring near youthat can be conducted to the apiary, a verypretty watering - place ca
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . wish to give a supply of water thatwill last them a month or more, it may be wellto get a large glass bottle or carboy, at the drug - store, and your bees will then havewater during the season, all they canuse. Where there is a spring near youthat can be conducted to the apiary, a verypretty watering - place can be made. Besure that it is so arranged that the bees cannot get drowned. A little fountain, wherethe spring is high enough to allow it, is avery pretty addition to the apiary. I oncehad one made with an iron vase, perhapseighteen inches across. This basin was al-ways full, and overflowing slightly; and dur-ing the warm weather all summer long, beeswould be sipping the water around the edge;sometimes they stood side by side cleararound the edge of the vase, making a sightthat was enough to call forth exclamationsof surprise from almost anybody, bee-keep-er or not. The fountain was supplied withwater from a large pine box, placed on theroof of the wood-house, the former supplied. FOUNTAIN FOR GIVING BEES ACCESS TOWATER. by the eave-spout from the upright part ofthe building. When tlie box was full it ranover on the roof and down into the cisternas usual, so the arrangement required nospecial supervision, so long as we had rainas often as once a week. The connectionbetween the box and the fountain near theapiary was by ^-inch iion pipe. The beesnever drowned in this fountain, because thevase was always full and overtlowing. If abee flew in, or got pushed in by his compan-ions, he soon buz/ed over to tlie side, andwalked out, having no perpendicular sidesto climb up. A stop-cock, not shown in the cut, is atthe lower part of the jet. This is to regu-late the supply of water. Durin
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