. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 4T1 the bees can walk up it, and perpendicu- lar U inch slats M inch apart, for the bees to walk up and down on. Make a box of h-inch stuflf 8x10 inches, and 2 J<; inches deep. Make one partition 2x7)^ inches, and nail this even with the bottom, and 1 inch from one end. Now make a tin box 8%x7}^x2 inches, and push it down even with the bottom. Fasten with four small tacks near the top of the tin box, one in each side. Cut nine pieces 8%x- 1%\H inch, space them equidistant, and tack two %y.}ixT% inch strips on the edges near ea
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 4T1 the bees can walk up it, and perpendicu- lar U inch slats M inch apart, for the bees to walk up and down on. Make a box of h-inch stuflf 8x10 inches, and 2 J<; inches deep. Make one partition 2x7)^ inches, and nail this even with the bottom, and 1 inch from one end. Now make a tin box 8%x7}^x2 inches, and push it down even with the bottom. Fasten with four small tacks near the top of the tin box, one in each side. Cut nine pieces 8%x- 1%\H inch, space them equidistant, and tack two %y.}ixT% inch strips on the edges near each end, turn them over and tack one on top near the center, pack around the feed-box warm sawdust, chaff or any good dry non-conductor, even with the top of the box. Slip the thick paper over the feed-box. This will keep the packing in place. Have several old newspapers and a quilt or heavy blanket ready. Have the feed as hot as you can hold your finger in it. Draw back the glass 2 inches from the wire-cloth end. Pour in the feed until it is near the top of the tin box. Slide back the glass, cover with the newspapers folded to fit, then with the heavy cloth, and a board on top of that. That hot feed will warm up the top of the hive so that the bees can be. Cross Section of Hive, Showiyig Top Feeder Arrangement. 1. Brood chamber. 2. Brood-frame. 3. f4-inch pine board. 4. Opening for the bees to go to the feed. .T. Feeder. 6. Rack of J4-inch boards, in the tin box. 7. Cleats nailed to the 14-inch boards to keep them in position. and one }4x}4yi7X inches 2 inches from the end. To the side of the 7j^xJ^x>o tack a strip of coarse wire-cloth, fine enough to keep the bees down—73^x2^ bent like this 1 1 Now slip this rack down into the tin box, the wire-cloth at the opposite end from the partition, cover the box with an 8x10 inch glass. Now cut a hole in the quilt or cover 7Jixl inch. Cut a hole in a thick paper the size of the feed box, and the paper to the exact size of the supe
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