The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-23
The Correct Zee SPACE.

"There is undoubtedly a certain space
which the bees are least inclined to FIJI
with wax or propolis. What, according
to your own experience, is the exact
measurement of the correct bee space
The foregoing query was recently asked
and answered in The American Be
Journal.
Mrs. L. Harrison replied: Three
eighths of an inch; possibly a shade
scant.
A. j. Cook answered: Scarce 8 of an
inch; about 5-16 of an inch.
G. NJ. Doolittle said: Five-sixteenths
of an inch.
James Heddon replied: The same that
Father Lansstroth gave us over thirty
years ago-scant of an inch, or, more
exact, SIG of an inch above the frame;
8 of an inch will do very we'll at the ends
of the frames, and inch is all right at
the bottom, below the frames.
j. z. Pond said: It is impossible to fix
frames in practice so that they will space
exactly throughout the whole hive. ]
use the ten frame Langstrotl hive, AZ
inches wide, spacing the frames SO that
a & inch dummy will fit closely in one
side of the hive. use the dummy for
convenience in working, and consider
the spacing as above stated to be as
nearly right as possible to get it.
The editor concluded with the state
ment that the exact measurement of the
space required for bees, for easy passage,
is SIG inch, but they will not fill a space
with comb which is not more than
inch in size.
Mis Big Gravcstone Stalled :5 norses.
Three years ago Henry Eberle, Of
Frankfort, died, and the will which he
left behind him created considerable
stir at the time. II provided that the
entire estate of some SIG, 600 should be
expended in placing over his grave and
that of his wife already dead stone
which should be four feet thick, Gov
ering the entire surface of his burial lot
Ia Cedar Hill cemetery. Deceased had
DO children, and his will cut off all rel
atives and left no legacies whatever.
The strange direction was much talk
ed Of at the time of his death, but was
gradually lost sight OF by the public
until on Friday it was revived by the
arrival OF Bridesburg station Of gran
tie stone which was wider than the car
on which it was transported. This
stone is said to be the largest ever used
in this city for any purpose. It is II
feet long by II feet wide, 2 IA feet
thick and weighs thirty tons.
1t was quarried and dressed in Yer.
mont, and brought to Philadelphia on
vessel from which it was taken by a
special car and locomotive to Brides
burg station. On the top of this stone,
in order to comply with the directions
in the will, another stone Of equal
thickness, but three inches less in
width, will be placed, the whole mass
aggregating nearly sixty tons. The
other stone is now being prepared at
the quarries. The contract for the two
stones placed In position Is $4,000.
The work of transplanting this huge
block of granite by land carriage from
Bridesburg station to Cedar Hill GENE
terry, one mile distant, was begun yes,
terday. A four wheeled truck, weigh
ing many tons, known as q ''catama'
ran," drawn by twenty-five horses, was
used. Everything went We'll until the
Bristol turnpike was reached and the
steep rocky hill was to be climbed. The
twenty-five horses gave up exhausted
Tackle was rugged to the wagon and
passed around the trees, and in this
way at last the top Of the hill was
reached. Philadelphia Record.