. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 44 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES Of course, with a 2-inch space under the bottom-bars the bees would build down, sometimes even as early as dandelion bloom. Before that time I shove under the bottom-bars a bottom-rack. As material for a rack there are 2 pieces 18 x 1 X %, and 21 pieces 101/2 x % x %. The little pieces are nailed upon the %-inch sides of the two larger pieces, ladder-fashion, with y2-inch space between each two strips. The strips are allowed to project over at each side about an inch. I -^-alue this bottom-rack highly. It prevents building down
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 44 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES Of course, with a 2-inch space under the bottom-bars the bees would build down, sometimes even as early as dandelion bloom. Before that time I shove under the bottom-bars a bottom-rack. As material for a rack there are 2 pieces 18 x 1 X %, and 21 pieces 101/2 x % x %. The little pieces are nailed upon the %-inch sides of the two larger pieces, ladder-fashion, with y2-inch space between each two strips. The strips are allowed to project over at each side about an inch. I -^-alue this bottom-rack highly. It prevents building down, and at the same time gives the bees nearly the full benefit of. Fig. 14—Wagonload of bees. the deep space, pre\enting over-heating in hot weather, thus sei'ving as no small factor in the prevention of swarming. It also saves the labor of lifting the hive off the bottom-board to reverse the bottom-board and then lifting the hive back again, spring and fall. Instead of being made in the way described, a board 101/2 inches long may be split up irregularly and used for the cross-pieces. Such a bottom-rack is shown at Fig. 12. Now for that entrance-block. Formerly I made it heavy (Fig. 13), but now it is thin, % inch or so thick, 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. It is lightly nailed upon the hive by one or. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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