. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 260 THE AMERICAN BEE JOLIRNAL April ^S. nailed near the other end. The 2x4 cleat (rives the cover the proper slant. All the parts of this winter-case can be used for shade- boards in summer, or if piled up they need no great amount of space. They are made of lumber rough and cheap, but I think all will agree that they are strong and durable. What about frames, did you say? For all hives taking the standard frames the V-edged Hoffman is good enough for me, and John Doe and Richard Roe. It is a little trouble sometimes to loosen up the first one so as t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 260 THE AMERICAN BEE JOLIRNAL April ^S. nailed near the other end. The 2x4 cleat (rives the cover the proper slant. All the parts of this winter-case can be used for shade- boards in summer, or if piled up they need no great amount of space. They are made of lumber rough and cheap, but I think all will agree that they are strong and durable. What about frames, did you say? For all hives taking the standard frames the V-edged Hoffman is good enough for me, and John Doe and Richard Roe. It is a little trouble sometimes to loosen up the first one so as to remove it, but when this is done it is an easy matter to do anything you want to do with the rest of them. But please don't get any of the bobtailed things that call for end-spacers. They get diago- nally across the hive and slip down against the bottom-board so easily that one is made to feel sometimes as if he would like to shoot the man who invented them. And, now, my dear "Brothers," let me entreat you to make some bee-hives. You will be very awkward at first, and make some mistakes, but after awhile you will acquire a de- gree of skill and carefulness that will enable you to do your work with a reasonable degree of accuracy and neatness, and while you are doing the work the whole subject of hives and their management will be revolving in your minds, and your knowledge of, and your interest in, the subject will grow and deepen to such a degree that you will hardly be persuaded to take a ready-made hive as a gift. Decatur Co., Iowa. Managing Bees—Report for 1897. BY D. B. MAHAN. I remember reading, when a boy in school, that all Gall is devided iJi partes frcs. I think, however, in some Individuals, Instead of being divided it has been greatly multiplied, and in attempting to write an article for the American Bee Journal I somehow have a suspicion that I may be one of these same individuals. Nevertheless, encouraged by the thought that many valuable lessons hav
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