Gleanings in bee culture . ssary to nailthe hives firmly to thefloor, and to nail sol-idly any part of thepassageway liable toget dislodged. Even acareful explanation ofthe reasons might notbe convincing; but atrial of a carelesslyconstructed bee - pass-age will be. There are some ad-vantages in keepingbees indoors. Theyare less excitable towork with than out ofdoors, apparently notconsidering the open-ing of the hive muchof an intrusion. Onthe other hand, theyare not easy to get away from in case they do stampede. An-other advantage is, they can be worked within all kinds of weather, thus per
Gleanings in bee culture . ssary to nailthe hives firmly to thefloor, and to nail sol-idly any part of thepassageway liable toget dislodged. Even acareful explanation ofthe reasons might notbe convincing; but atrial of a carelesslyconstructed bee - pass-age will be. There are some ad-vantages in keepingbees indoors. Theyare less excitable towork with than out ofdoors, apparently notconsidering the open-ing of the hive muchof an intrusion. Onthe other hand, theyare not easy to get away from in case they do stampede. An-other advantage is, they can be worked within all kinds of weather, thus permitting theutilization of time that otherwise might beunavoidable. Another, high winds do notscatter the hives in pieces over the prairie. There ai-e a good many disadvantages,however, some of them perhaps trivial; buteven trivial disadvantages have great weightwhen an operator has an overburden of other difficulties. Entrance manipulationsare largely barred, as the outside openingmust be at some considerable distance from. B. C. Autens liouse upiary, showing the liive entraiires jiist under the eaves. the hive, the hive of necessity standing backsome distance from the inside of the wall togive opportunity for handling supers, etc. All young bees falling off the frames in-doors are irretrievably lost. That may bethe case also in outdoor handling; but theloss is not noticed, if it occurs, as the lostbees crawl out of sight at once. It is next to imjiossible to hive a swarmindoors, as the bees take up their quarteiS
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