. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 1S6 UTILISING DRIVEN BEES. round the pipe. This one is used next the saddle. The other three are used by sticking one point into each end of the tube, and the other into the skep, taking- care to press the skep well down before pushing the point into the straw. The skeps to be used at the side have stout string loops sewn in about 90 deg. apart, and in fixing these a long piece of string is used. This is first tied to the pipe which projects to the
. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 1S6 UTILISING DRIVEN BEES. round the pipe. This one is used next the saddle. The other three are used by sticking one point into each end of the tube, and the other into the skep, taking- care to press the skep well down before pushing the point into the straw. The skeps to be used at the side have stout string loops sewn in about 90 deg. apart, and in fixing these a long piece of string is used. This is first tied to the pipe which projects to the side on which the skep is to be fixed, then through first loop and round the back fork and back through loop, on to the next loop and round back fork lower down ; then right round skep and fasten to pipe again. If tightly tied the skeps will travel quite safely, and the two bottom ones stifien the whole thing, making it travel with very little rattle. The I whole apparatus need ** not cost more than 2s. 6d. to ; An adaptation of the same attachment could easily be made for carrying the driven bees in light boxes, costing Fig. about one penny each, of about Device, equal holding capacity to an ordinary straw skep. In preparing these for use, cut a hole 7 inches by 4 inches in bottom of box and also in the lid; next nail strips or battens of wood f inch square on outsides of box bottom and lid ; then cover the boles ms/^e with per-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. London, Madgwick, Houlston
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