Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1914 — Combination Bee Hive Cover. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Combination Bee Hive Cover.

I have a handy device which I think will be valuable for all who keep poultry and bees. It Is a box that can be used for covering the bee hives In the winter and for a chicken coop in the summer, if the owner so desires, says a writer In American Bee Journal.

Make a box of some material good enough to shed water. It should bo twenty-four inches long, twenty inches wide, twenty inches deop, inside measurements. This will fit the Langstroth hive conveniently. In one

end of this box - make a hole ten inches wide and about half way up front, beginning at bottom. Over this opening fix a slide door which will move up and down at the will of the operator. On top of this box put a movable waterproof cover. In summer one of these boxes will be found very handy for the hen with young chicks. Xu the fall it can be cleaned out and used to winter bees in by sotting the hive in it with entrance next to the door in the ond. By letting door down to within two inches of the bottom and fixing this strip of board over the hive entrance and then fill up the space around the hive with chaff, the bees will winter nicely If they are healthy and have plenty of honey.

A Combination Bee Hive Cover.