. The universal assistant, and complete mechanic : containing over one million industrial facts, calculations, receipts, processes, trade secrets, rules, business forms, legal items, etc., in every occupation, from the household to the manufactory. the sun are important. Set every hive as perpendi-cular as a clock—for a stand, take two short pieces of Ix 6 scantlingMid Lay or nail on a board. 15. To make queen eases, cut wii^ doth 68 OK BBS RBBPDra. 8x4 inches; irll out trro or thrrc traasvoKeTrlres fron ona ol tae Sinch C-oCrf, and iuicrt the piojecting euda thus leu ia. tlie corres-ponding m
. The universal assistant, and complete mechanic : containing over one million industrial facts, calculations, receipts, processes, trade secrets, rules, business forms, legal items, etc., in every occupation, from the household to the manufactory. the sun are important. Set every hive as perpendi-cular as a clock—for a stand, take two short pieces of Ix 6 scantlingMid Lay or nail on a board. 15. To make queen eases, cut wii^ doth 68 OK BBS RBBPDra. 8x4 inches; irll out trro or thrrc traasvoKeTrlres fron ona ol tae Sinch C-oCrf, and iuicrt the piojecting euda thus leu ia. tlie corres-ponding meelies oi tiie other tiiree inch edge, mid fasten them; stopone end ^vith a cork or wood. When yoa wish to introduce aqueen, put Iier in tiie cage imd stop the other end with wax. IG. Afe\V inches ol drone comb is amply abundant for any hive,es drones consume a deal of honey and •rather none. TLamovable frame hire renders any preventive operation very easy : thef:;t will enable the beiumer to identify the dr(.)ne by the lar^acolls. 17. In the Xortheru States andliriti?h Provinces, ex])erimeut3demonstrated that bees wintered in the open air have consumedabout 45 lL>s. oi honey pei hive, whil& t>ee3 wintered iu the celiac. COMB SHOWTJfG BKOOD AXD QCXEX CEIi. itiring the same period constiraed on an average only 5 lbs each Inanother case 6 hives wintered out of doors lost an average of 29^ Ibe,in weight each, during 3 months, while 20 hives in tiie ceUar lostonly 5j lbs, each, during the same time. Do not place them in thecellar nntil the pevere weather leoins ; give them plenty of upwardTentilation in order to pass off tie vapor generated from the bees ;place the hives in rows on shelves, keep uem in a clean d^k plaos^ OH BES KEEPING 6* ISot not in a damp or l>adly ventilated cellar, for that is certain deathto bees, and keep wire clotli tacked over the entrance to each hive ;if a dry absorbent material such as cut straw or Ehavings, can he Elaced in the upper
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