. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 246 ^ueen Register. In all manipulation with the bees we need something to loosen the frames. Many use a chisel or small iron claw. I have found an iron scraper (Fig. 96), which I had made Fig. by a blacksmith, very convenient. It serves to loosen the frames, draw tacks, and scrape off propolis. It would be easy to add the hammer. QUEEN REGISTER OR APIARY REGISTER. With more than a half dozen colonies it is not easv to know just the condition of each colony. Something to mark the date of each examination, and the cond
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 246 ^ueen Register. In all manipulation with the bees we need something to loosen the frames. Many use a chisel or small iron claw. I have found an iron scraper (Fig. 96), which I had made Fig. by a blacksmith, very convenient. It serves to loosen the frames, draw tacks, and scrape off propolis. It would be easy to add the hammer. QUEEN REGISTER OR APIARY REGISTER. With more than a half dozen colonies it is not easv to know just the condition of each colony. Something to mark the date of each examination, and the condition of the colony at that time, is very desirable. Mr. Root fur- nishes the Queen Register (Fig. 97). With this it is very easy to mark the date of examination of each hive, and the condition of the colony at the time. Mr. Newman fur- nishes an Apiary Register which serves admirably for the same purpose. Each hive is numbered. Dr. Miller tacks a small square piece of tin bearing the number in black paint to each liive. A corresponding number in the Regis- ter gives us all desired facts. We have only to note down at the time the condition of each colony and date of exam- ination in the 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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