The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-11
THE FARM AND HOME.
MANY PERTINENT POINTERS
FOR RURAL READERS.
valuable Advice About lee Cuiture--Thc
Importance OF Keeping Hogs
HeAithy-Farm Notes and
Household Hints


Zee Culture.
The bee industry Is OF much more
importance than most people suppose.
IL Is true II bees are kept In the old
style, that Is. put into a gum" or box.
or, as II frequently the case. in nail
keg, and then given no further attcn-
ton until honey Is wanted. and then
he bees are killed in getting IL, there
Is not much profit In the business.
But there Is "A much better way 10
keep bees than this. Bees cannot make
honey without something To make IL
from, but II they are worked on the
right plan they can be helped a great
deal 20 secure cropof honey. Some
times there are season when bees can
not gather enough To live on, but these
are few. IL the bees are kept in a
modern, movable frame hive. where
the bee-keeper can examine them and
give them attention, he will stand "A
much better chance OF getting crop
OF honey.
Every thing else being equal as large
crop OF honey can be obtained In one
kind OF hive as another. but making
everything equal Is the point. II bees
are kept warm. or are where they can
keep themselves warm, especially in
early spring. and have plentyof stores.
so that they can build up rapidly. that
Is, raise young bees 10 take the place
of the old bees that have died during
the winter and spring, so as 10 have
large numbers OF bees early 20 begin
10 gather the nectar as soon as posi-
bic, and then have plenty OF storage
room any one having bees in this
condition has them about right. These
conditions may be helped by not giving
the bees too much room at time. but
have the extra room given along just
as the bees need IL.
The hive that we would recommend
as being the best adapted 10 handle the
bees the easiest way Is simply box so
made IL 10 take frame l7s inches
long and 81 inches deep. outside meas
ure; the top bar should he 1914 inches
long and project over the end bars
three-quarters OF an inch on each end,
so rs 10 rest in place rabbited out in
each end OF the top Of the box. The
box may be made SO as 10 take eight
or ten OF these frames. as the bee
keeper desires, but follower or divi-
sion board should be used so rs 10 con-
tract the space in the box--we will row
call in hive-so as 10 give the bees just
what room they can fully occupy. and
then move the division board and give
another frame. as the bees need room
until they occupy the whole chamber.
and then another chamber should be
TERED up on the lower chamber or
brood nest. OF course, there should
be bottom board OF the hive 10 rest on
and then top TO cover the hive with.
Frames or sections can be used In the
upper chamber for the surplus honey
as desired.
There are many reasons for using y
hive OF this description; one reason Is
that this frame we have described Is a
standard all over the United States.
and there are many large factories
making hives, and il the standard
frame or section is used supplies are
much easier obtained than when some
thing old Is used Manufacturers
would MS soon make one kind as an
other II they can make them In large
quantities but odd sizes are not often
called FOR. SO the standard sizes are
kept In stock. We know OF one firm
that was over 700 orders behind the
last season and was kept that way by
new orders taking the place OF orders
as fast as they were filled for several
weeks. Anyone sending in orders,
when they were rushed that way, Of an
odd size could not have IL filled at all
so In this instance it is best To follow
in the beaten path.