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Show HIVE NUMBERS. Tin Tags and How They Are Fastened to the Hives. It is well to hnvo each hlvo with Its number so u record can bo kept of it. Many ways of npplylng such hnvo been tried, but nothing hns given mo moro satisfaction than tho ono pictured pic-tured horowlth. Thoy nro mado oV heavy tin, painted on both sides. On tho front la tho number, whllo tho back Is used for keeping records of tho colony with n lead pencil, Bo thoy can bo easily ornscd when necessary, rind tho Biirfnco used ovor ngaln. Ab this sldo Is protected against tho Hive Number Details. wall of tho hlvo it Is not necessary to wrlto so it cannot bo orascd. Notlco that a bent cratc-staplo la used Instead of a straight ono or n nail. It Is dona for tho reason that tho latter would soon bo driven Into tho wnll of tho hlvo-bodlcB when thqso nro handled, nnd tho "numbers" could not bo hung on them. With tho bent stnplo, explains lieo Culture, thin is quito ovorcomo, for It nets llko a spring, nnd will not go deeper Into tho wood. With this springlike prcssur.o tho tin numbor-plnto Is hold firmly aftor it has been hooked in place Such n Btaplo Is put on each end of all hlvo-bodlcs so that, no matter which end is placed forward, thoro will bo such a staplo qn which to hang tho number. It Is not neccssnry to unhook un-hook tho tin for making records on tho back. Just stoop down bcsldo tho hive; lift up tho lower end of tho tin on Its stnplo hlngo, nnd exnmlno tho notes or add more These will bo up-sldo up-sldo down nftor tho tin is turned up, nnd nro readily read from tho top. |
