Gleanings in bee culture . arinside the building. When the honey-flowis at its height I do notremove honey earlier than about 10 oclockbecause the comb-builders are drowsy, andhard to brush from the combs; and I do notremove honey later than 3 oclock, becausethe old bees are usually returning from thefields and will fight. But enough can be If the apiarist intends to use a. car, thoground should be level; and should h«as few directions to travel as possible. Mytrack is arranged in three directions as in-dicated in sketch 4. When I came here andadopted this location, everj- foot of thegr
Gleanings in bee culture . arinside the building. When the honey-flowis at its height I do notremove honey earlier than about 10 oclockbecause the comb-builders are drowsy, andhard to brush from the combs; and I do notremove honey later than 3 oclock, becausethe old bees are usually returning from thefields and will fight. But enough can be If the apiarist intends to use a. car, thoground should be level; and should h«as few directions to travel as possible. Mytrack is arranged in three directions as in-dicated in sketch 4. When I came here andadopted this location, everj- foot of theground was so steep that a hive would rolldown the mountain. These tracks are level;and the width of the embankment, including;both sides of the tracks, is not les5 than 12feet, and affords space for 600 colonies ifnecessary; but 350 are the most I have kepthere. It was made with pick and shovrl,which afford the best kind of exercise iknow of. Fig. 5 represents the turn-table, whichcost about $ besides the labor. Fig. 6. shows that the space in the track which theturn-table occupies is too short for the turn-table to turn. For this reason I use thebridge as shown, and give the table plentyof room. IMiy track is made of 2x4 strips ofwood, with straps of iron Vixli/i inches, and ?il6 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE it will carry from two to three tons. Muchlighter material could be used, so as tocarry 500 to 600 pounds, and cost about$20 for enough track for 200 or 300 colo- DISPOSING OF A HONEY CROP IN A LARGECITY BY ALBION PLATZ «»/ /SPRINOHILLSIDE
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