§ IV. QUILTS.
Some American apiarians recommend the use of a quilt in place of a crown board, as admitting of ventilation to the hive and thus allowing the moisture to pass off. Quilts are made of some soft woollen material or a piece of carpet. Care must be exercised that the maggots of other insects do not find a home underneath, or a hotbed will by that means be provided for bees' worst enemies.