. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. COMB FOUNDATION* ?n-IRED COMB FOUNDATION. heard from the house, and where thieves will be shy in approaching. It is important to haveit protected from the winds by a building or tight board fence. If no such place can beobtained, then posts set in theground, with boards nailed on, will answer the purpose.^ Thestands for the hives should be six inches or more from the ground, and have a short piece ofboard, nwking an inchned plane from the alighting
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. COMB FOUNDATION* ?n-IRED COMB FOUNDATION. heard from the house, and where thieves will be shy in approaching. It is important to haveit protected from the winds by a building or tight board fence. If no such place can beobtained, then posts set in theground, with boards nailed on, will answer the purpose.^ Thestands for the hives should be six inches or more from the ground, and have a short piece ofboard, nwking an inchned plane from the alighting board of the hive to the ground; thereason for doing this is, that during the early spring and late fall harvests of honey, the beescominir in heavily loaded on chilly days, and more especially quite late in the aftenioon, insome degree relax their efEorts as they near their hive. The result is, instead of ahghting onthe bottom board of their hive, they just fail in this, and but for the board, would passdirectly under to the ground, become chilled, and unable to take wing again. Conil) Foundation. — Great advantage is derived from the
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