Gleanings in bee culture . needed. So I put in a false bottom,1| inches deep, a little before the honey-flow,and took it out when the honey-flow wasover. It was simply a shallow box made ofthin stufl, turned upside down. It workednicely, only if I left one end open, as I didat first, the bees sometimes filled it withhoney. It troubled me to think that I couldntleave the bees the whole space during the ^^** / ^^>«WR»* .41:.. 3 J t—J ; «•*. ^B^HHI 9K tr- ? ™ ^rr:r FIG. 1.—DR. millers BOTTOM-RACK TO BEINSERTED UNDER THE FRAMES TO PRE-VENT THE BEES FROM BUILDINGCOMB IN THE 2-IN( H SlACE. summer
Gleanings in bee culture . needed. So I put in a false bottom,1| inches deep, a little before the honey-flow,and took it out when the honey-flow wasover. It was simply a shallow box made ofthin stufl, turned upside down. It workednicely, only if I left one end open, as I didat first, the bees sometimes filled it withhoney. It troubled me to think that I couldntleave the bees the whole space during the ^^** / ^^>«WR»* .41:.. 3 J t—J ; «•*. ^B^HHI 9K tr- ? ™ ^rr:r FIG. 1.—DR. millers BOTTOM-RACK TO BEINSERTED UNDER THE FRAMES TO PRE-VENT THE BEES FROM BUILDINGCOMB IN THE 2-IN( H SlACE. summer, making it cooler and pleasanterfor them; but if I did so they would builddown under the bottom-bars, and thatwouldnt do. Finally it occurred tome that 1 could at least compromise the matter, andinstead of the box I put in what may becalled a l)ottom-rack, as shown in Fig. 1. You will see it is very simple. Two pieces,each about 18 inches long, lie parallel, andupon these are nailed pieces 10 to 10.^ inches. FIG. 3.—ANOTHER FORM OF THE BOTTOM-RACK. long, with a space of about } inch betweeneach two pieces, the whole being of such sizedstuff as to leave a space of ^ inch betweenbottom-bars and rack. Any old stuff willanswer, and you will see in the picture thatthere is no regularity about the width of thepieces. Just saw off boards in 10.}-inchlengths, and then split up with an ax. Fora year or more some of these bottom-rackshave been in use with much satisfaction. Not only is it easier to put in one of theseracks, or to take it out, than to reverse thebottom-board, but I think it is better—betterby the increased amount of air it allows un-der the bottom-bars. I think this can be improved. The prob-lem is to try to fill up that two-inch spacewith just as little of any thing but air as pos-sible, and at the same time prevent the beesfrom building below the bottom-bars. Illustration Fig. 3 approaches what Ithink is the ideal bottom-rack. There aiethree cross-pieces
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