. A dictionary of practical apiculture. Bees. 40 DICTIONABY OF Heath Bee.—A race of bees which takes its name from the district kuown as Luneberg Heath. In form and'appearance they are similar to the German Bee, but are very inferior for practical purposes, as they build drone comb, and produce large numbers of drones, even with a young queen, and keep con- stantly swarming. Hexagon.—A figure having six sides all equal and six angles also equal to each other, as shown in the figure. The hexagon has the remarkable property that the distance from the centre to any of the angles is pre- cisely eq
. A dictionary of practical apiculture. Bees. 40 DICTIONABY OF Heath Bee.—A race of bees which takes its name from the district kuown as Luneberg Heath. In form and'appearance they are similar to the German Bee, but are very inferior for practical purposes, as they build drone comb, and produce large numbers of drones, even with a young queen, and keep con- stantly swarming. Hexagon.—A figure having six sides all equal and six angles also equal to each other, as shown in the figure. The hexagon has the remarkable property that the distance from the centre to any of the angles is pre- cisely equal to one of the sides. Hence, it can be inscribed in a circle by laying off the radius of the circle (the distance from the centre to the circumference) along its circumfer- hexagon. ence. Hexagonal.—Six sided. Most of the cells of which honey- comb is composed are hexagonal. The term hexagonal has been improperly applied to what is known as the quincunx arrange- ment (q. v.). Hill's Device.—A contrivance by means of which the bees are enabled to pass over the combs, from one to the other, during very cold weather. It is a substitute for winter passages (q. v.), but in our opinion is not equal to them. It has the advantage of not disfiguring the combs, as the winter passages are said to do, though not to our eyes. As well speak of the combs as dis- figuring the frames. Hill's device consists of a number of. HILL'S DEVICE. curved strips of wood nailed to a cross-piece as shown in the figure. When laid on the top of the frames it keeps the cover or quilt up so as to allow the bees to pass under it. The cross piece is often made of iron, a great mistake, since metal is too good a conductor of heat. Wood would be much better. Hive.—ft. A box or basket in which bees are kept. In the old- fashioned system of bee-keeping the hive consisted of a box, basket, or hollow log, in which the bees lived, and to the sides. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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