. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 72 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. dation is supported while the section is turn- ing this summer sault, it never lops over and breaks out as is sometimes the case with other fasteners in which there is no support for the foundation while the section is being brought to an upright position. Mr. R. L. Taylor has used the machine to put foundation in about 2,000 sections and he pronounces it a "Double ; He says it does the work easily and perfectly and with comfort to the operator. Price of the machine, $ —y— PBOTEOTION FOB BEES IN SPBING. Mo
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 72 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. dation is supported while the section is turn- ing this summer sault, it never lops over and breaks out as is sometimes the case with other fasteners in which there is no support for the foundation while the section is being brought to an upright position. Mr. R. L. Taylor has used the machine to put foundation in about 2,000 sections and he pronounces it a "Double ; He says it does the work easily and perfectly and with comfort to the operator. Price of the machine, $ —y— PBOTEOTION FOB BEES IN SPBING. Most of my readers know that I favor taking the bees from the cellar quite early, certainly as soon as the last of this month in shingles. First there is a frame or ring made from cheap lumber sawed up to the right lengths and then split up into pieces two inches wide. These frames are about four inches larger each way than the outside of a hive. To the inside of a ring or frame are nailed the shingles in an upright posi- tion, the frame coming about the middle of the lengthwise way of the shingles. A few of the shingles at one end are cut three or four inches short, their lower ends resting upon a ''bridge" placed upon that part of the bottom board that projects in front of the hive. When this rim of shingles is placed over or around a hive there is a space of nearly two inches between it and the hive. This space is filled with planer THE ' BEVIEW " APIABT IN THE SPBING. ordinary seasons, and then protecting them for nearly two months. The advantages have been given several times in the Review, hence I will not use space in their repe- tition, but instead I will describe a method of packing that I adopted last spring with pleasure and profit. One objection to spring packing is that of the cost of the boxes or something to hold the packing material in position. Those that I used a year ago are certainly not open to that objection. They are made of culled
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