Gleanings in bee culture . Different forms of Uio stand. AN IRON HIVE-STAND BY WM. RICHARDSON I am sending you a picture of five dif-ferent styles of hive stands, the last formof which I already have in use as shownin the second picture. As you can see, theyare to be pushed down into the ground asfar as the first projection. I do not thinkthey would be too expensive. Culleoka, Tenn. [The first expense of the hive-standswould be pretty high, we are afraid; andthen tliere would be the cost of transporta-tion, which would be a rather big itemfor a large apiary especially. There wouldbe room for t
Gleanings in bee culture . Different forms of Uio stand. AN IRON HIVE-STAND BY WM. RICHARDSON I am sending you a picture of five dif-ferent styles of hive stands, the last formof which I already have in use as shownin the second picture. As you can see, theyare to be pushed down into the ground asfar as the first projection. I do not thinkthey would be too expensive. Culleoka, Tenn. [The first expense of the hive-standswould be pretty high, we are afraid; andthen tliere would be the cost of transporta-tion, which would be a rather big itemfor a large apiary especially. There wouldbe room for the toes of the feet under thehive, which would be quite an advantage,although it would seem to us that fourwooden stakes Avould be nearly as durable,and Avould be much less exiiensive.— Kn.]. Richardsons iron hive-stand in use. OCTOBER 15, 191i A NEW RECORD SYSTEM How to Make Abbreviations and Signs Tell a LongStory BY ARTHUR C. MILLER To the making of record systems thereseems to be no end; and, lest the endshould be approaching, it is the writerspurpose to postpone its airival by describ-ing a new one. There are three different classes of rec-ords—one for the man who is raisingqueens, one for the man who is increasingand building up colonies, and one for thebusy honey-producer. The first is so rad-ically apart from the other two that itshould begin and remain a separate a necessity it will differ from each sys-tem of queen-rearing and with each indi-A-iduals methods. The others, however, naturally mergeone into the other, for the man makingincrease may be and quite likely is raisinglioney in the same yard, so a system shouldbe elastic enough to cover both of thesebranches of apiculture. This granted, the next question is, Whatshall be recorded? This should be
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