Gleanings in bee culture . .] 520 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE A NUMBERED STAKE IN FRONT OF EVERYGROUP OF THREE HIVES BY J. W. SOUTHWOOD Louis H. Scholl, in the May 15th issue,calls up the question of hive may be true that what is satisfactory toone may not be to another. Yet what issatisfactoi-y to one may be of benefit toothers, even if not entirely this thought in view I will give mymethod of numbering hives, which hasproven, after several years test, the most satisfactory of any that I have tried, and Ihave tried several others. My hive-stands are a little more t
Gleanings in bee culture . .] 520 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE A NUMBERED STAKE IN FRONT OF EVERYGROUP OF THREE HIVES BY J. W. SOUTHWOOD Louis H. Scholl, in the May 15th issue,calls up the question of hive may be true that what is satisfactory toone may not be to another. Yet what issatisfactoi-y to one may be of benefit toothers, even if not entirely this thought in view I will give mymethod of numbering hives, which hasproven, after several years test, the most satisfactory of any that I have tried, and Ihave tried several others. My hive-stands are a little more than sixfeet long, and hold three hives, one at eachend and one in the middle, all facing thesouth. About two or more feet in front ofthe middle hive of each group of three isplaced a stake wliich is painted stakes contain the numbers in blackor blue figures. In order that the figuresmay be larger, they are arranged so as toread vertically if more than a single figureis used to express tlie number of the J. G. Corey, of Santa Paula, Cal., in his 84th year—the man who, years ago, carried a colony of bees over 100 miles across the mountains, making a part of the trip on snowshoes. See department Our Homes, by A. I. Root. AUGUST 15, 1912 These stakes are square at the top, andare an inch and a half or more in diameter;and when set in the gTound they jDrojectten or more inches above the ground. Icommence at the northwest corner andnumber across one row of groups, and thengo back to the west and number across an-other row, just as one would do in readinga, page. On the west side of the first stakeis Xo. 1; on both the north and south sideis No. 2; and on the east side is No. 3, andso on with each group. With this arrange-ment a person soon learns the location eachnumber occupies. The number designatingthe middle hive of each grouji contains thenumber of the colony, both on the side nextto the hive and also on the opposite side ofthe stake. By this airangement a
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