. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 326 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Aug. 15, 1895. bee-keepers are generally very backward in the craft. It is the usual thing for cottagers around here to commit their bees to the sulphur pit.—Thomas L. Smith, St. Asaph, North Wales. BEE-HOUSES. A PORTABLE BEE-HOUSE IN SECTIONS. (Co7icluded from page 316.) To furnish it, cut seven shelves or flaps, each 2 ft. broad, the outer edge being 3 ft. wide, and the inner edge only 16 in. (Fig. 8). Hinge the upper face of each shelf to lower side of central batten in --* each side, so that when not in us
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 326 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Aug. 15, 1895. bee-keepers are generally very backward in the craft. It is the usual thing for cottagers around here to commit their bees to the sulphur pit.—Thomas L. Smith, St. Asaph, North Wales. BEE-HOUSES. A PORTABLE BEE-HOUSE IN SECTIONS. (Co7icluded from page 316.) To furnish it, cut seven shelves or flaps, each 2 ft. broad, the outer edge being 3 ft. wide, and the inner edge only 16 in. (Fig. 8). Hinge the upper face of each shelf to lower side of central batten in --* each side, so that when not in use it can fall down flat against side, and cut a slit 6 in. by \ in. through side of bee-house for a bee- passage. Cut fourteen laths 2 ft. 6 in. by 3 in. by 1 in., and hinge two of. Fig. 8. them to bottom batten of each side panel, so that they may support the shelf when in use, and when packed may lie fiat over same shelf. The details are made clear in Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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