. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 90 TIIH KHK-KEEPERS' REVIEW. EXTRACTED DEPARTMENT. HIVE COVERS. A Double Cover that Answers Well in California. A hive cover that will answer every purpose here in the East is a sad failure in the arid West, although a cover that fulfills all requirements in the West would probably be all right in the East. In the January Review Mr. Gill pointed out some of the difficulties with which the Western man had to contend, in the way of furnishing a roof for his hives, and showed how he overcame those dif- ficulties. In this issue Messrs. Hatch and Schaeffle gi
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 90 TIIH KHK-KEEPERS' REVIEW. EXTRACTED DEPARTMENT. HIVE COVERS. A Double Cover that Answers Well in California. A hive cover that will answer every purpose here in the East is a sad failure in the arid West, although a cover that fulfills all requirements in the West would probably be all right in the East. In the January Review Mr. Gill pointed out some of the difficulties with which the Western man had to contend, in the way of furnishing a roof for his hives, and showed how he overcame those dif- ficulties. In this issue Messrs. Hatch and Schaeffle give their views; and, while we are at it, we may as well give all of the views that we can, hence I copy the following which Mr. Geo. W. Brod- beck of California contributed to Glean- ings. Mr. Brodbeck says:— I can fully indorse the hive-cover that Rambler illustrated in Gleanings for. March 15, page 232, of last year. I had been requested a number of times to pre- sent it to the public, but wished to give it a thorough trial before doing so, and now after five years' use in my apiary I prefer it to any other combination of hive-cover and shade-board in use. I ad- vise the use of a single board for each side, for the lapping or grooving togeth- er of two pieces in the center will result in warping in spite of all nailing, etc. I prime all boards thoroughly on the under side before I nail them up, and have one here now to be exhibited at our State meeting, which has been in use five years, and seemingly as good now as the day it was nailed up. WAX EXTRACTORS. Bee-Keepers Need Both a Solar ;in(l a Press. One bv one the little points of bee- keeping adjust themselves. We are get- ting it down fine in regard to the render- ing of wax. We are beginning to realize how wasteful were the methods of only a few years ago, when, from our steam wax extractors, we dumped out upon the ground, the refuse fairly dripping with wax. A sponge soaked full of water is a fair comparison to this sl
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