Archive image from page 281 of Bees and bee-keeping a plain,. Bees and bee-keeping: a plain, practical work: resulting from years of experience and close observation in extensive apiaries, both in Pennsylvania and California. With directions how to make bee-keeping a desirable and lucrative business and for shipping bees to California CUbiodiversity1178897 Year: 1860 ( 276 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. The above engraving illustrates the mode of arranging the straw mats in the hive for wintering bees. Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are winter mats. No. 1 shows the strips of leather on the one side, through wh
Archive image from page 281 of Bees and bee-keeping a plain,. Bees and bee-keeping: a plain, practical work: resulting from years of experience and close observation in extensive apiaries, both in Pennsylvania and California. With directions how to make bee-keeping a desirable and lucrative business and for shipping bees to California CUbiodiversity1178897 Year: 1860 ( 276 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. The above engraving illustrates the mode of arranging the straw mats in the hive for wintering bees. Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are winter mats. No. 1 shows the strips of leather on the one side, through which the tacks are driven, the heads of which are shown. No. 2 shows the strips of wood on the upper side of the mat through which the tack is driven and clenched. To arrange these mats, on the approach of winter, remove a comb or frame from each side of the hive, and in their place insert a mat, as shown by figures 3 and 4. Remove the honey-board from the top of the frames, and put a mat in its place, as seen in figure 2. Remove the glass from the rear of the frame, and insert a mat, as represented by figure 1, which will, when
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