. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 378 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 26, 1904, $50 and $60 per 1000 feet; but we will 6ay it is 5 cents a foot. A standard S-frame dovetailed hive has 20 feet of lumber in it, including waste necessary. This makes the lumber in that hive cost At 6 cents a foot it will cost $ Let us now look at a 1904 catalog. We find that the price of an 8-frame hive in lots of 100 is $ (for it would be folly for any one to make less than a hundred hives). If a bee-keeper goes to a planing-mill he will pay, then, almost as much for his lumber, or perhaps j
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 378 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 26, 1904, $50 and $60 per 1000 feet; but we will 6ay it is 5 cents a foot. A standard S-frame dovetailed hive has 20 feet of lumber in it, including waste necessary. This makes the lumber in that hive cost At 6 cents a foot it will cost $ Let us now look at a 1904 catalog. We find that the price of an 8-frame hive in lots of 100 is $ (for it would be folly for any one to make less than a hundred hives). If a bee-keeper goes to a planing-mill he will pay, then, almost as much for his lumber, or perhaps just as much, as the regular supply- manufacturer would charge tor the hives all cut ready to put together witfiout any toaste. But labor has advanced, and the mill-man will not charge less than 40 cents an hour, and possibly fiO. He is not familiar with hive- making. His saws are coarse-toothed, and his men do not realize the importance of extreme accuracy in hive-making. The hives at the ends will not be lock-cornered, for the mill has no machinery for that purpose. The boards, when put together, will have to de- pend entirely upon the nails for the strength of the corner. Perhaps it might be said that the bee-keeper will have to pay freight on his factory hives, but they will be accurately cut and standard in every respect. I have seen a lot of plan- ing-mill hives, and heard some of the bee- keepers who had hives made in that way, tell their experiences. The stuff was irregular, the frames would not alternate, they were very rough, and the work was altogether un- satisfactory. But perhaps some one does not see how a manufacturer can furnish a bee-keeper a com- plete hive at the bare cost of the lumber in the open market. The supply-manufacturer can buy by the cargo and a comparatively cheap grade of lumber, and cut around the knots. Here is a board that is 12 or IG feet long. We will say it has tour or five knots in it. Out of this board he may be able to cut out of the clea
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