. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 367 work comfortably instead of clustering out when honey is to be gathered, and thus much precious time is saved. This dead air space can be filled in winter with a quilt, felt, or other warm substance, enabling them to winter on summer stands. Hoge's Comb Honey Carrier.—One of the greatest difficulties of handling comb honey is the manner in which. LAXftSTKOTIl 1;KK-HIVE. some put it up for sliipment to market. Much when received is in a broken- down condition. To obviate this, Mr. Hoge has invented a " carrier,"
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 367 work comfortably instead of clustering out when honey is to be gathered, and thus much precious time is saved. This dead air space can be filled in winter with a quilt, felt, or other warm substance, enabling them to winter on summer stands. Hoge's Comb Honey Carrier.—One of the greatest difficulties of handling comb honey is the manner in which. LAXftSTKOTIl 1;KK-HIVE. some put it up for sliipment to market. Much when received is in a broken- down condition. To obviate this, Mr. Hoge has invented a " carrier," whicli consists of a box having on the inside of the top, sides and bottom, a number of India rubber balls, against which the inside box, containing the honey- combs, strikes while traveling by rail- road, wagon, or any other conveyance. This method keeps the combs steady in their places, and they may be sent all over the world without damage. Shucks' Universal Bee Hive—is a large, two-story one, having 40 surplus boxes, 5ix5ix4 inches, arranged at the side and on top of its seven 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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