. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. CLASS IN APICULTURE AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL what are termed tenement hives which are really covered boxes large enough to accomodate five eight-frame hives. There is a separate opening for each hive so arranged that it comes just opposite the hive entrance. Three of the hives stand side by side at the front of the box, their entrances coming near the sides of the box at the rear. By that arrangement the tenement hive is filled and there Is little waste room. The top, which can be lifted off, has a sloping roof to shed water, and some straw or other simil
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. CLASS IN APICULTURE AT THE SUMMER SCHOOL what are termed tenement hives which are really covered boxes large enough to accomodate five eight-frame hives. There is a separate opening for each hive so arranged that it comes just opposite the hive entrance. Three of the hives stand side by side at the front of the box, their entrances coming near the sides of the box at the rear. By that arrangement the tenement hive is filled and there Is little waste room. The top, which can be lifted off, has a sloping roof to shed water, and some straw or other similar material is wedged be- tween the hives in the Fall to give extra protection through the winter months. There is but little loss and not much more stores are consumed than when bees are wintered in the cellar. Mr. Ford has tried both plans and likes the present method well enough to continue it year after year. The tenement hives are used in sum-. MR. FORD'S TENEMENT HIVE mer as well as in winter, and they aid in keeping the bees cool in hot weather. The best granulated sugar is fed in large quantities, especially in early Spring. Full sheets of foundation are used in the new frames placed in the hives when the colonies are divided, unless there are partly drawn combs that can be used left over from the previous season. Mr. Ford rears his own queens and of course uses a good many each season. The business is one which seems likely to grow rather than otherwise, for there is a constant increase in the growing of cucumbers under glass and, besides, a call for bees is coming from orchard men and the owners of cranberry bogs. The value of bees to cranberry growers is just begin- ning to be realized, and the demand will doubtless grow from year to year. There is a bright future for beekeepers in the East, not only from the Increased demand for honey stimulated by honest advertising, but because the value of bees by fertilizing the flowers of fruit and vegetables is coming to be un
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