BENEFICIAL INSECTS 



235 



It remains to mount the hive in some upstairs window, 

 preferably in the attic, or in some room that is not used. 



Fig. 99. Observation Hive in Position 



The large box is known as the " brood chamber," or " hive body." In it the queen 

 lives and lays eggs, and the bees nurse the young, or " brood." Tlie two cases 

 above are the " supers," in which the bees store tlieir surplus honey. Toward 

 the window is seen the wire screen passageway, tlirough which the workers go 

 and come 



Fasten a narrow board under the sash, and, setting the 

 hive in place, mark where the bottom board comes and cut 

 a hole one inch wide by one-half of an inch deep, through 



