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THE bee-keeper's guide; 



preserves ag^ainst chang-es of temperature during the winter, 

 and also permits the bees to fly, if it becomes necessary from 

 a protracted period of warm weather. I have thus kept all our 

 bees safely during- two of the disastrous winters. This plan 

 usually succeeds well, but will fail in a very severe winter like 

 that of 1880-81. As some may wish to try, and possibly to 



Fig. 254. 



Packing Box. — Original. 



adopt it, I will describe the box used at our College, which 

 costs but one dollar, and is convenient to store away in 

 summer. 



BOX FOR PACKING. 



The sides of this (Fig. 254, a, a) facing east and west are 

 three and a half feet long, two feet high at the south end, 

 and two and a half feet at the north. They are in one 

 piece, which is secured by nailing- the matched boards which 

 form them to cleats, which are one inch from the ends. The 

 north end (Fig. 254, b) is three feet by two and a half feet, the 



