Gleanings in bee culture . e feedin from the back, after which a strip is laidover to close the , Va. W. O. Sydnor. [This arrangement here shown will proba-bly give good results. One objection is thatit will be difficult to make a bottom-boardalong these lines that will be syrup-tight yearin and year out, and another is that it wouldbe limited in capacity. The Alexander feed-ers are made of one piece of wood; and anyshrinking that may take place does not affecttheir holding quality. The cut shows what appears to be an im-provement on it since the letter here writtenby our corre
Gleanings in bee culture . e feedin from the back, after which a strip is laidover to close the , Va. W. O. Sydnor. [This arrangement here shown will proba-bly give good results. One objection is thatit will be difficult to make a bottom-boardalong these lines that will be syrup-tight yearin and year out, and another is that it wouldbe limited in capacity. The Alexander feed-ers are made of one piece of wood; and anyshrinking that may take place does not affecttheir holding quality. The cut shows what appears to be an im-provement on it since the letter here writtenby our correspondent was preparetl. Werefer to the side lip with a cover. This ar-rangement would make it unnecessary toshove the hive forward on the bottom-boardas explained in the text.—Ed.] A HIVE-TOOL FORGED FROM A FILE. The illustration shows my hive-tool whichI have made. For the past two seasons anumber of bee-keepers in this vicinity havetried it and think the tool is all right. Thelittle hook on the other side of the hammer. Chisel ^Screper is intended to hook under the end of thebrood-frame between the tin rabl)et and theoutside of the hive end, using a hammer onthe remaining frames as a pry to raise andloosen the brood-frames. The bit is Iff , which will scrape a 1^ section at onestroke, and is very useful for prying off andscraping covers. It is forged from one pieceof steel, and highly , la. L. G. Woolison. [We tested this hive-tool in our apiary dur-ing the past summer. As a general pry forloosening the cover from the hive-body, it isexcellent; but we found it rather heavy andlaige for the purpose of prying the framesapart. A much smallor tool we considerpreferable.—Ed.] THE WAY ANTS ATTACK BEES. In a sample copy of Gleanings receivedsome time ago I saw an article Iegarding thedeath of bees caused by ants, etc. We havesome tiies and ants here that destroy bees attimgs. You will notice the bee I send youwas caught by an ant. The head still hang-ing
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