. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Metal ends. m B W. B. C. Metal Ends. But perhaps the. simplest distance-keeper is the bell- staple, which is driven into alternate sides of the top bar near the end. Dummy.—At times the bees of the swarm or stock are not able to cover all the combs the hive contains. When that is the case, a plain board to fit the hive is placed at the side of the combs covered by the bees, so that really the size of the hive is lessened by the use of the dummy. I always used dummies 1.;'0 inch thick, which fit closely except at the bottom, where a bee- sp
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Metal ends. m B W. B. C. Metal Ends. But perhaps the. simplest distance-keeper is the bell- staple, which is driven into alternate sides of the top bar near the end. Dummy.—At times the bees of the swarm or stock are not able to cover all the combs the hive contains. When that is the case, a plain board to fit the hive is placed at the side of the combs covered by the bees, so that really the size of the hive is lessened by the use of the dummy. I always used dummies 1.;'0 inch thick, which fit closely except at the bottom, where a bee- space is Dummy. Kind of Hive.—Hives may be classed as— 1. Those in which the frames run from front, to back. 2. Those in which the frames run from side to side. The hive here described will be the former, with frames running from front to back. Da rts.—Floor-board. Brood-chamber. Supers. Roof. Floor-board.—The same as described in Article IV. Brood-chamber.—If frames with 17-inch top bar are used the brood-chamber should be oblong, with double walls front and back. If the 15i-inch top bar is used. 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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