Gleanings in bee culture . ase; the lidnailed, and two screws put down throughinto the top-bar of the frame to preventturning sidewise. About ten of those werenailed into a light skeleton crate ready forimmediate shipment by express. Emptyhives had been sent on ahead by freight toreceive those when they arrived at theirdestination. The hives containing combswere sent on immediately after. The bees arrived at their destination jiotmuch the worse for their long ride, althoughit seems to me that it would have been bet-ter if they had been provided with a littlewater, as they seemed very thirsty w
Gleanings in bee culture . ase; the lidnailed, and two screws put down throughinto the top-bar of the frame to preventturning sidewise. About ten of those werenailed into a light skeleton crate ready forimmediate shipment by express. Emptyhives had been sent on ahead by freight toreceive those when they arrived at theirdestination. The hives containing combswere sent on immediately after. The bees arrived at their destination jiotmuch the worse for their long ride, althoughit seems to me that it would have been bet-ter if they had been provided with a littlewater, as they seemed very thirsty whenturned loose. Bees properly crated in this manner couldbe safely shipped 2000 miles. Plenty ofsealed honey must be provided for such atrip, as the consumption of honey seems tobe considerably above the normal. I shipped by freight several hundred finenewly drawn combs wired four times came through with scarcely a put about 100 into a box, and packedthem verv tightlv. Fort McCoy, Fla. OCTOBER 1, 1913. George Zautner and family, of Albanj, N. Y. Another view of Mr. Zautners apiary is sliown on thecover of this issue. See editorial. AN OLD BUT VERY EFFICIENT FRAME-NAIL-ING DEVICE BY J. L. BYER While beekeeping has, no doubt, keptpace with other industrial pursuits during anumber of years, shown by the many newthings that are constantly brought to ournotice, yet every once in a while some olddevice or plan will be found that, after all,is better than the modern methods whichare supposed to supersede the more ancientones. The frame-nailing device illustratedhere is in this class; for while my grand-father and his brother used this forty yearsago, I have yet to see a better plan, al-though I have seen a great many other de-vices for this purjDose during the past tenyears or so. Indeed, I doubt if there is an-other one as good as this, all things con-sidered, as frames nailed in this device areabsolutely on the square, and a good smartoperator can nail up quite
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