. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. SUCCESSFUL I INCUBATOR Z ^Our magnificent? '-'•'new cat alogus S giving full in- 5 formation re- * „„_ ng ar tificia IS Hatching & Brooding and treatise on poul- try riiisint; sen t for 4c i BtHnips. Circular free. J Write now, Des Moines _ Incubator Co. , £o:£ 7^ Uus^ ' 49A13t .daention the Auicrican Bee JournaU FOR SALE. ALSIKE, CRIMSON, ITALIAN, ALFALFA, or WHITE CLOVEK SEED. 4A8t WM. CRAIG, liuce, Iflicb. WANTED—200 Colonies of Bees and 4-Frame Nuclei, on Simplicity or Hotf- man frames, in exchange for Supplies, to be shipped either fr
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. SUCCESSFUL I INCUBATOR Z ^Our magnificent? '-'•'new cat alogus S giving full in- 5 formation re- * „„_ ng ar tificia IS Hatching & Brooding and treatise on poul- try riiisint; sen t for 4c i BtHnips. Circular free. J Write now, Des Moines _ Incubator Co. , £o:£ 7^ Uus^ ' 49A13t .daention the Auicrican Bee JournaU FOR SALE. ALSIKE, CRIMSON, ITALIAN, ALFALFA, or WHITE CLOVEK SEED. 4A8t WM. CRAIG, liuce, Iflicb. WANTED—200 Colonies of Bees and 4-Frame Nuclei, on Simplicity or Hotf- man frames, in exchange for Supplies, to be shipped either from here or Medina, Ohio. Send for Catalog to—GEO. E, HILTON, 4E4t Fremont, Mich. Mention the American Bee Journal. TAKE NOTICE! T3EFORE placing your orders for SUP- -*-^ PLIES, write for prices on 1-Piece Bass- wood Sections, Bee-Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames, Foundation, Smokers, etc. PAGE & LYOBJ MFG. CO. NEW LONDON, WIS. Mention the Arnerica7i Bee Journal. nest for winter, on 7 to 8 frames. The comb in some old frames is 3 inches thick, and full of honey. I have good, new wheat chaff packed in the sides of the hives, and burlap cushions 5 to 8 inches thick on top, a Hill's device over the frames, and a double thickness of good, clean burlap over that, then cushions on that. The ground is thrown up to make a low ridge so that water will run off. Two scantlings 2x4 are on the ground pinned down with long pegs to keep the wind from turning the hives over. The hives are on them, and tacked fast with nails at each corner. The hives are tipped up about two inches towards the front, all facing the south, and about 30 feet from the southeast corner of my house, to break the northwest wind from them. All are young queens of last summer and fall. The old one was superseded last fall by a little young thing. I sent and got a fine selected tested queen, and took her out; I have her in the house with a few bees in a little hive with glass on two sides, with two frames ma
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