. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 270 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW Three Thousand Colonies in Fifty Yards By J. J. Wilder, Cordele, Ga. (Continued from page 245) We made a "flying" trip around to the bees again cleaning off the yards to avoid the possibility of losses by forest fires. Then we ruslied back home again for an- other work, the task of setting up supplies, etc., and during the stay there the yards were all visited again and straightened up, etc. The hives were on stands about 8 inches high, which stands were to be used after the bees were trans- fered into modern hives.
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 270 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW Three Thousand Colonies in Fifty Yards By J. J. Wilder, Cordele, Ga. (Continued from page 245) We made a "flying" trip around to the bees again cleaning off the yards to avoid the possibility of losses by forest fires. Then we ruslied back home again for an- other work, the task of setting up supplies, etc., and during the stay there the yards were all visited again and straightened up, etc. The hives were on stands about 8 inches high, which stands were to be used after the bees were trans- fered into modern hives. These yards consisted of such a conglomeration of hives made in every conceivable shape, a curios- ity shop to every inquiring mind, and such a sight not many bee- keepers have ever seen. The badly decayed hives were completely wrapped up in burlap sacks for moving, not loosely but as closely as possible and the fold- ing tacked down to the hive by means of nails driven through slats so as not to allow any bees to escape. The better hives were pre- pared for moving by placing a piece of burlap sack over the mouth and up the sides six or eight inches, then on either side a- strip of lath tacked down over it as long as hives were wide. This kept the bees from escaping from about the mouth of the "gums" and the tops were stopped up well with the same material and well nailed. These were loaded mostly on their sides on wagons and fastened on with ropes to avoid all possible danger of a hive falling off. Only a single thickness of the sacks was used so as to allow plenty of ventila- tion. From early morning until late at night the work of setting up the needed supplies was pushed and a large amount of the task done at the end of the month when we returned home. InstaU a ROOT AUTOMATIC EX- TRACTOR and HONEY PUMP then run them with a NATIONAL 11^ H. P. ENGINE and you wiU then have an outfit "par excellence" to do your extracting with. We quote the engine, four-fram
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