. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Keb. 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 139 frames and then hi)t bricks on tlioso. As t(i viMitllatloii, lliiiay be thiit it is all ri^lit, and It inay not. If tlio air of llm cellar smells fmil an<l closo, try Id cloar It up. Iloniove docayiiiK vegetables if any aro present. Open tlie inside door and lei iho air from upstairs gn into tln^ cellar. If you cannot do Ibis in dayiifjlit because of the bees comiiiK np, do it at ni;;lil. It may b given. Which Is right? And how is tlio bottom-board inaile ? SuUSCltlHKlC. Answer.—Mr. Doolittle is Hsually very car
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Keb. 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 139 frames and then hi)t bricks on tlioso. As t(i viMitllatloii, lliiiay be thiit it is all ri^lit, and It inay not. If tlio air of llm cellar smells fmil an<l closo, try Id cloar It up. Iloniove docayiiiK vegetables if any aro present. Open tlie inside door and lei iho air from upstairs gn into tln^ cellar. If you cannot do Ibis in dayiifjlit because of the bees comiiiK np, do it at ni;;lil. It may b given. Which Is right? And how is tlio bottom-board inaile ? SuUSCltlHKlC. Answer.—Mr. Doolittle is Hsually very careful to make no incorrect statements, and the present case is no exception. Mr. Doolittle describes the bottom-board as I used it for years, and it is no little gratilication to me to know that a man of such experience and judt;nieiit lias <;iven it his approval. 'I'Ih' reversible feature was the valuable thing about it, allowing a di^ep space in winter and as hallow one in summer. The re- versing necessitated lifting;' tlie hive every time, which I con- sider a small cost for the advantage. Hut I thought it would be better if I co\ild change to the shallower space in summer. without the lifting. So 1 devised a false bottom to fill up the space in summer, making the expense more and the labor less. In the picture you see at the left a bottom-board with the false bottom in it, ready for summer use. For winter all that is necessary is to slide out the false bottom, and you have the space two inches deep. Back of this bottom-board, stand- ing up, is another false bottom, showing the under side, but the light upon it was so strong that at the right hand side there is nothing clearly defined about it. Now, as to the making: The bottom board is a plain box 2 inches deep, and open at one end. It is made of six pieces of % stuff: two pieces 2'J}i\2, one piece 12;sx2, and three pieces I'SyixTj'i. The outside dimensions of the false bottom are IS^x •?lxl>2. It is constructed of
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