. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. FIG. 4.—OUTSIDE OF END FIG. 5.—VIEW OF SIDE PIECE. THE APIARY. Fig. 5 is a view of the west side boxing piece, ends, a a. The one at the left hand is a little in from the end, as that end fits the dark place in the left end of Fig. 3. Two cleats, shaped as in the small figure of Fig. 4, are on the mid- dle parts of the view. They serve the same purpose as in the large figure in Fig. 4. You need not be told that a corre- sponding east piece is to be made. Now arrange hooks, or other contrivances, and put this boxing to-
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. FIG. 4.—OUTSIDE OF END FIG. 5.—VIEW OF SIDE PIECE. THE APIARY. Fig. 5 is a view of the west side boxing piece, ends, a a. The one at the left hand is a little in from the end, as that end fits the dark place in the left end of Fig. 3. Two cleats, shaped as in the small figure of Fig. 4, are on the mid- dle parts of the view. They serve the same purpose as in the large figure in Fig. 4. You need not be told that a corre- sponding east piece is to be made. Now arrange hooks, or other contrivances, and put this boxing to- gether about your hives, ar- ranged as shown in Fig. 2, and you have it ready to pack the bees. The best packing is dry saw-dust, or cut straw; cut it not over an inch long. Pack all about the hives, and at least six inches thick-over the top of the hives. Now make a roofing; the form, as shown by Fig. 6, which is made of triangular boards, with boards nailed on the top of them. When done, the whole will appear as in Fig. 7, which shows the two hives, the south-end hav- ing three small entrances, too small for a mouse or rat to get in at, and an inch round hole just over the three entrances, which hole is covered with wire cloth; these are all the holes for venti- lation necessary. The dotted lines show the form of an ordinary box hive, a foot square and a foot high. Of course, in making your platform and boxing, you will make them to fit the hive you use, which will alter lengths and breadths a little, but not the general shape of what we have de- scribed. The side view would be so similar to Fig. 7 that we do not give it. Obr serve this in putting your bees in winter quarters: If November Ist to 16th passes so cold that bees fly httle, this is a good time to pack them in this boxing. If it is so warm that they fly a good deal till December 1st or 16th, then that time is the best. Let them have a few coolish days without protection, and be shut up fi week or so before you
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