. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept, 8, 1898.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 357 " The hive is so made that all parts are inter- changeable, and the covers are deep enough to take two boxes of shallow frames or three racks of sections. As soon as the bees get over- crowded, the shallow-frame crate is placed under the brood-nest, first removing a wedge which keeps the floor-board in its proper position. By this simple contrivance the floor- board is very easily redrawn and replaced under the lower chamber, where it remains until the swarming season is over. As the shallo
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept, 8, 1898.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 357 " The hive is so made that all parts are inter- changeable, and the covers are deep enough to take two boxes of shallow frames or three racks of sections. As soon as the bees get over- crowded, the shallow-frame crate is placed under the brood-nest, first removing a wedge which keeps the floor-board in its proper position. By this simple contrivance the floor- board is very easily redrawn and replaced under the lower chamber, where it remains until the swarming season is over. As the shallow frames of comb below brood-nest. Greenhill s Non-Swarming Hive. become partly worked out, they are removed in the box above the surplus chamber and replaced by a second box of empty ones. As shown in the illustration, there are two entrances, but when the lower chamber is in use, the upper entrance is closed. This is more natural and allows the bees to clean out the debris. If the upper entrance is closed after work is over for the day and the bees issue next morning through the lower one there is no confusion through the change of flight-board. " This hive was awarded first prize at the Kent and Sussex County Show at Dover last month, and got third prize at the ' Royal,' Birmingham, in June last. I think it will meet a long-felt want, both in the prevention of swarming and in getting the bees at work in surplus chambers by as simple and effective a plan as any on the ; WEATHER REPORT. Westbourne, Sussex, August, 1898. Sunless Days, 2. Above average, 29*8 hours. Mean Maximum, 68-4° Mean Minimum 53'4°. Mean Temperature, 60-9°. Above average, 1'8°. Maximum Barometer, 30-33°, on 11th. Minimum Barometer, 29-73°, on 8th. Rainfall, 1"36 in. Heaviest fall, '50 in., on 7th. Rain fell on 10 days. Below average, T27 in. Maximum Tempera- ture, 79°, on 18th. Minimum Tempera- ture, 44°, on 26th. Minimum on Grass, 0. Frosty Nights, 0. Sunshine, 229'3 hr
Size: 1331px × 1878px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbees
