The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-20


their piacsA This can best b done
BY driving . three-penny hne nail
through each end Of the top bar Of
every frame. and into the hive. but
some one may ask What will you do
with the bees while that Is being
donef' That Il easily managed when
you only know how. Have made q lot
Of wooden strips the length Of the top
bars Of the frames. and large enough 70
% down between them. With these
strips pressed down between the frames
the bees are ehectuaiiy prevented from
coming out At the top Of the hive. !
use a very simple and convenient de-
vice for closing the entrance Of the
hive ! take q piece OF inch board a.
long as may be necessary flor the
Langstroth hive II would have TO be
just as long as the width Of the hive
inside Of the porticol. aud ia inches
vide. Near each end Of this saw In.
about an inch and cut cut the wood
between the saw cuts. and then take q
strip OF the same length one inch wide.
and One-halt inch thick. cut out a piece
the same length as the notch In the
other. and half way through II. This
! nail TO the notehed edge Of the larger
piece. When nailed together have q
block having an opening under one
side. when laid down on It's face. half
an inch high and six or elgth inches
long. Over the opening In the top.
which Is one inch wide and six or eight
Inches long. tack wire cloth. When
this is placed against the entrance 10
the hive. the hive ls elfectualiy closed.
and yet there is abundant ventilation.
The device is easily and cheaply made
and there IL no other way 90 convent
ent for shutting bees in the hive for
any purpose. There should be a hole
through each end Of this block through
which a nail may be passed, and
driven slightly into the alighting board
10 keep Il In place. When you have
put the strips between the top bars Of
the frame and have tackled the shut
ting In block 10 the front OF the hive.
you can proeeed 10 fasten the ends Of
the frames at your leisure. The heads
Of the nails should be left out, so that
they may be easily pulled out with a
claw-tool When the ends Of the frames
have been tackled fast, the strips may
be removed. or 90 many OF them as
may be necessary 10 give free vcntl.a-
I ton. Now have a honey board with a.
many as three inch holes In Il. covered
with wire cloth. and nail II over the
/ frames. remove the block that shuts
the bees In. and let them ny until even
ing Then when all are In. nail your
block on the entrance Of the hive and Il
Is ready TO ship.
3. The third thing necessary Is
plenty OF ventilation. and as that has
been provided for. In describing the
manner OF shutting the bees In. nothing
more need be said about It.
4. Care should he taken that the
combs shall not be heavy with honey.
II they contain much honey Il should
be extracted. even II Il has 10 be fed
back.
5. II many hives are 10 be shipped
together and the weather Is warm. they
should. by all means. be placed In q
stock car that the animal heat may moi
iniure them. In 1878. shipped ovel
forty hives from New Castle TO Logans
port n distance Of eighty miles. In
stock car and all went through In per
feet order. In 1850 I shipped forty
seven hives from Logansport 10 Hunt
ington. on a warm April day. In a DO.
car. left only partly open. and the
we're badly damaged. as. In about
dozen hives the combs we're more o.
less broken and In some the bees wer
nearly all dead. In some hives Il
which the combs were not broken, ans
there we're but q few dead bees. IN,
brood was all killed. and after SOM
days dragged out They we're damage,
more than they otherwise would hav,
been because there had been an IN
usual flow Of honey for April. and IN,
honey had not been extracted. hav,
shipped bees at all seasons Of the year
from March until late In the summer
and never had any misfortune belal
them, except In the one case aboy'
narrated.