. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. frames filled with comb, for which I have provided, by putting 4 cleats on the inside of the ends to take 3 frames. The decoy hives I now use are made as follows: From any kind of lumber, that being from store is good enough, I make a box a little longer and deeper than the frames I want to use in them, and in each end, on the inside, nail 4 cleats to hold 3 frames The can be of any width, but 10 inches is wide enough. In one end, on back or side, I bore a hole through side and end. This is about ';, of an inch in diameter, and is bored th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. frames filled with comb, for which I have provided, by putting 4 cleats on the inside of the ends to take 3 frames. The decoy hives I now use are made as follows: From any kind of lumber, that being from store is good enough, I make a box a little longer and deeper than the frames I want to use in them, and in each end, on the inside, nail 4 cleats to hold 3 frames The can be of any width, but 10 inches is wide enough. In one end, on back or side, I bore a hole through side and end. This is about ';, of an inch in diameter, and is bored thus; A wire is then passed through the hole and made into a loop. I do not make this box very tight, as the bees will want ventilation. Kront of Hive Showing the Entrance. A. cover. B B. cleats; C. door, E. en- trance; D. screw holes. coy hives almost daily during the swarming season, and after that is past I put into the boxes spoiled sections, those with more or less wax in them, or Next I cleat the cover together wit- a strip on «ach end, on the outside Each cleat is an inch wide and fs of an inch thick. In the middle of each cleat I bore a hole to engage with the center of the end pieces, then close to the bottom cleat cut a hole }% of an inch wide and 6 inches long for an en- trance. If there are cracks enough in the box to ventilate it well, all right, otherwise I put a couple of Js-inch strips on the edge of the end boards, which, by holding up the cover, will make a crack on each edge. Finally I cut a strip of board 8 inches long and one inch wide, drive a couple small nails in the edge close to one end to keep it from splitting, then bore a hole between them on the flat side to. Sectional View of Decoy Hive. ,- , A. hive. A. cover cut to show cleats fs and frames d's; H. end; 11. sides; C. door; F. end cleat; gf, screw Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appe
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