. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. BEES. 433 be made plain or ornamental, according to the taste or desires of the propri- etors, and of any required size. In regard to the Gihnore plan, the first thing necessary will be to pre- pare a house or room, say eight or ten feet wide, and of any length you wish. In this, the hives and boxes are to be arranged as follows : — The hives are made of the usual size, but in three parts, as represented by a a a. They are seven and a half inches high, ten wide, and fifteen long. Fiar. On the tops
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. BEES. 433 be made plain or ornamental, according to the taste or desires of the propri- etors, and of any required size. In regard to the Gihnore plan, the first thing necessary will be to pre- pare a house or room, say eight or ten feet wide, and of any length you wish. In this, the hives and boxes are to be arranged as follows : — The hives are made of the usual size, but in three parts, as represented by a a a. They are seven and a half inches high, ten wide, and fifteen long. Fiar. On the tops oi all of them are slats or gratings made of wood, about an inch in width, and about a quarter of an inch apart. They should be apart far enough to let the bees pass through easily, but not so far apart as to allow them to build comb that would project through the grating, and connect with comb below. The object is to be able to remove parts of the comb in the 37 2C. 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 O'Neill, F. W; Williams, H. L. New York, C. W. Carleton & co.
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