. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 1. the floor-board into the end of side c. A slot in the floor-board at e, and through which the screw passes, permits the side E to be moved. The fourth side D is moveable, slides on the rabbets, and is in the shape of a close-fitting division-board. A J-inch iron rod g passes through the sides A and c, and by turning the fly-nut H they can be brought tight against the board D and will hold it in its place. By turning the fly-nut in the opposite direction the sides are loosened and the loose aide D can easily be pushed backwards or f
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 1. the floor-board into the end of side c. A slot in the floor-board at e, and through which the screw passes, permits the side E to be moved. The fourth side D is moveable, slides on the rabbets, and is in the shape of a close-fitting division-board. A J-inch iron rod g passes through the sides A and c, and by turning the fly-nut H they can be brought tight against the board D and will hold it in its place. By turning the fly-nut in the opposite direction the sides are loosened and the loose aide D can easily be pushed backwards or forwards. There is an entrance in the side b, and if it is desired to put in two lots of bees the board d can also have an entrance made in it, as shown in the figure. A quilt on the top with a board or roof over it completes the arrangement. We used some of these hives without any entrances being cut out of the sides, but in this case' they were. sunk in the floor-boards. By using such boards we could place the hives so as to have our frames at right angles to the entrance, a position we much prefer to any other. It will be seen that as a summer residence tiiis hive is complete in itself, is capable of expansion and con- traction to suit all requirements, and can be used as a single or double hive. One of these hives is to be found in the collection we presented to the in 1885, and since 1879 we had four of them in our bee-house, where for wintering they were packed with chaff. Although we do not consider makeshift hives indis- pensable in an apiary, we think- they are useful, more especially if they are made according to our pattern, for by having loose floor-boards they can be worked for storifying, or in any other manner the bee-keeper may like, and during the summer months they may be substi- tuted for any other hive. In the autumn the colony can be transferred to another hive for wintering, or it can be united to another colony. With a very trifling addition at'sm
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