British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ing canvas, or of sackingthat can be seen through when held up tothe light, laige enough to cover the topof the brood-chamber. A strip (fig. 1, ss s) measuring ^in. by17in. is j)laced in each nucleus to act as awedge to keep the frames in their place ;before a nucleus is examined the strip islifted out, and so room is obtained forshifting or lifting out, or in, the frameswithout cnishing bees. The above are the essential features ofthe nucleus hive,, and good results are tobe obtained from such a hive, but for thosewho would like to make this hive in
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ing canvas, or of sackingthat can be seen through when held up tothe light, laige enough to cover the topof the brood-chamber. A strip (fig. 1, ss s) measuring ^in. by17in. is j)laced in each nucleus to act as awedge to keep the frames in their place ;before a nucleus is examined the strip islifted out, and so room is obtained forshifting or lifting out, or in, the frameswithout cnishing bees. The above are the essential features ofthe nucleus hive,, and good results are tobe obtained from such a hive, but for thosewho would like to make this hive in thebest manner, the following additional par-ticulars of the way I now make mine maybe useful. In fig. 1, at F, is shown a tin feeder inone of the side walls. A vertical section ofthe wall and feeder is shown in fig. 2, anda view of the feeder and inside wall fromthe outside in fig. 3. I find this feeder mostuseful, as with it the three nuclei can befed at one filling without even lifting oflEthe roof. The feeder is 4in. deep, IS^in. CORK. Fig. -2. Fig. 3. Details of Feeder in Wall of Sladeus iS^ucleus Hive. long, and -|in. wide, and holds about synip.* There are two wooden partitions(b, b) to divide the feeder into three com-partments, one for each nucleus ; the bot-tom part of each partition consists of wire-cloth to allow the syrup—but no bees:—tojiass from one compartment to the bees pass into the feeder through holesin the inside wall just above the top ofthe feeder, and there are cleated slats ofl-16in. thick wood standing in each com-partment for the bees to crawl on to pre-vent them from drowning. The syrup isjDovired through a funnel into a hole inthe outer wall opposite the middle com-partment, and this hole is closed with acork to keep robber bees out. In my latestpattern of feeder the syrup is to be pouredthrough a hole in the roof. The brood-chamber has no plinths, andthe floor-boaids are nailed either to twostout joists (for a detachable floo
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