. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. 22 BEES FOB PLBASUEB AND PEOFTP. or entrance. The inner walls, on which the ends of the frames rest, should be made as shown in fig. 14, A, so as to slide into grooved pieces of wood (fig. 14, b), which are nailed on the inside of the doubling-box. By this means we may remove the inner walls when we wish to tier up crates of sections on the hives. The doubling-box being 9 inches deep will accommodate two crates of sections one on the top of the other; an
. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. 22 BEES FOB PLBASUEB AND PEOFTP. or entrance. The inner walls, on which the ends of the frames rest, should be made as shown in fig. 14, A, so as to slide into grooved pieces of wood (fig. 14, b), which are nailed on the inside of the doubling-box. By this means we may remove the inner walls when we wish to tier up crates of sections on the hives. The doubling-box being 9 inches deep will accommodate two crates of sections one on the top of the other; and if the roof be made 5 inches deep to the eaves, as previously advised, we can have three crates of sections on the hive at the same time—as many as are needed when working for comb Fig. 14.—A, Inner walls of Doxibling-box, showing slot wliicli slides in tlie grooved pieces of wood (b), nailed to outer walls. If we intend to work for " run " or " extracted" honey, we shall require two doubling-boxes to each ten-frame hive. Almost every manufacturer has his own particular kind of hive, for which he claims special advantages; but the tyro should always buy a hive from one of the best firms, who have had much experiepce, and he will then obtain a well-finished article of accurate workmanship, instead of a cheap and, unfortunately, often badly finished hive, made of unseasoned wood, which will soon crack and warp, and cause endless annoyance through the different parts not fitting well. The amateur would soon repent his purchase of such an article, and wish that he had paid a little more for his hives until he gained experience in selecting the kind most adapted to his particular requirements. The Quilt. In order to prevent the bees from getting into the roof and there building comb, which they would otherwise do, a quilt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - col
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