Gleanings in bee culture . ld alighton the straw, they would not be chilled, butcan rest and return to the hive. If colonies have good young queens inthe fall, with more honey than enough towinter on, and are well protected with win-ter cases, there will be earlier brood-rearingand stronger colonies in time for the honey-flow the following season. Platteville, Wis. [Mr. Frank F. France is a son of N. , General Manager of the NationalBeekeei^ers Association for many years,and grandson of the late Edwin France,who was a frecjuent and valued contribu-tor to this journal in the interval be
Gleanings in bee culture . ld alighton the straw, they would not be chilled, butcan rest and return to the hive. If colonies have good young queens inthe fall, with more honey than enough towinter on, and are well protected with win-ter cases, there will be earlier brood-rearingand stronger colonies in time for the honey-flow the following season. Platteville, Wis. [Mr. Frank F. France is a son of N. , General Manager of the NationalBeekeei^ers Association for many years,and grandson of the late Edwin France,who was a frecjuent and valued contribu-tor to this journal in the interval betweentwenty and thirty years ago. The Francesliave always been largely engaged in beeculture; and their quadruple liives, or whatsome call tenement hives, have been usedby them for a good many years. They arcno experiment, because they have stood thetest of time. The tenement-luve idea seemsto be coming more and more to the front—especially in colder climates—so cold thatcellar wintering prevails. See editorial.—Ed.]. Snow iu abuudance in Nebraska—an unusual sight. GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE A WINTER FENCE HAVING REMOVABLEBOARDS FOR SUMMER BY W. A. CHRYSLER. The illustration shows my home apiarywith a winter protection and summer yard is about 65 or 70 feet square, andholds 130 colonies. The fence is made of7-ft. by 8-in. cull, short lengths, of vai-i-ous kinds of lumber, dressed both sides,and painted to prevent warping, decay,and also for appearance. The top rim of the fence is comi3osedof narrow strips nailed on each side of thetop ends of the stationary boards to keepthem straight and to hold the loose boardsin place in winter. The loose boards thatare put in place for winter have cleatsnailed on them to support them on thelower scantling of the fence, and a buttonjust above it to hold it tightly in are also nailed on each edge. Inthe photo the removable boards that comeopposite posts in the fence have been leftas in winter. Chatham, Ont., Jan.
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