This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... may be such that bees will not fly at any time in the day, otherwise you must get to the out A. E..MANTM'S HIO KOK HAULING "EES A running parallel to the line of travel. If the i combs are secure enough, it will matter lit-i tie how they are placed. To carry colonies of bees to advantage, some sort of rack is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... may be such that bees will not fly at any time in the day, otherwise you must get to the out A. E..MANTM'S HIO KOK HAULING "EES A running parallel to the line of travel. If the i combs are secure enough, it will matter lit-i tie how they are placed. To carry colonies of bees to advantage, some sort of rack is necessary. As I am not a farmer I had to extemporize a rack for my one-horse wagon. It is made of fence-boards in the manner shown. The hives are set down between the cleats, and between the side and middle strips. I use two of such racks for the ordinary two-horse wagon, placing them end to end. For a light one-horse waon one rack is sufficient, and for a two-hors rig it is much handier to have the rack in halves. Whatever the kind of hive you may decide to use, some plan must be adopted, in ND HONEY TO AND FROM OUT-AIIABIE8. apiary early enough in the morning to shut in all the bes you will haul that day. If you are to take bees to an out-apiary in the spring, the sooner it is done the better, as pastuiage is then apt to be rather scarce at best. If bees are to be brought home in the fall to be cellared, they may as well be brought just as soon as heavy frost occurs, or as soon as they stop gathering: at least, they should be brought early enough to have a good fly before going into winter quarters. After being unloaded from the wagon the bees may be liberated at once by blowing in a little smoke or dashing in some cold water; or, if loaded too late in the evening to fly, they may be left till the next morning, when they will be quietly settled down; and if carefully opened, no smoke need he used. TOOLS FOR OUT-APIARIES, AND WHERE TO KEE1' THEM. Whatever tools you use in the home apiary, you are likely to need the same in each out-apiary. If a ...
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