. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. SHELTERING. 359 642. But we highly recommend the use of these hives, to the bee-keepers who do uot wish to go to the trouble of sheltering their bees every Winter. With the chaff-hive, it is a matter of only a few minutes to put into Winter-quarters a colony that has suf5ficient stores and bees. As to the ad- vantage, claimed for these hives, of keeping weak colonies warm, in the Spring, we found it counterbalanced by the loss. Fig. 135. OUTER COVERING. As used by J. G. Norton and others. One side is removed to show the hive within. of the sun's he
. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. SHELTERING. 359 642. But we highly recommend the use of these hives, to the bee-keepers who do uot wish to go to the trouble of sheltering their bees every Winter. With the chaff-hive, it is a matter of only a few minutes to put into Winter-quarters a colony that has suf5ficient stores and bees. As to the ad- vantage, claimed for these hives, of keeping weak colonies warm, in the Spring, we found it counterbalanced by the loss. Fig. 135. OUTER COVERING. As used by J. G. Norton and others. One side is removed to show the hive within. of the sun's heat during the first warm days, and y^e found that bees bred as fast, in our ordinary hives (double only on the windward sides) owing to the quick absorption of the sun's rays by the boards. 643. To obtain the advantages of the chaff-hive without any of its disadvantages and at the same time retain in use the single-wall Langstroth or dovetailed hives, some bee- keepers have devised outer-boxes to be placed over the colonies during Winter, and removed in Spring. These can be filled. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, Charles, 1817-1902; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. : Dadant
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