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manner that the bottom of a hive rests upon the top of a 

 hive below it at one side, and upon another hive at the 

 other side, and the ventilation is perhaps as good when 

 there is a bottom-board so deep that there is a space of 

 two inches or more under the bottom-bars. 



Fig. 4 — Heddon Super. 

 SEASON OF 1863. 



The four colonies wintered through, and I find 

 charged to the bees' account for 1863 three movable-frame 

 hives at $2.00 each, three box-hives at $1.00 for the 

 three, and some surplus boxes at 10 to 20 cents each. 

 These surplus boxes held from 6 to 10 pounds each, some 

 of them having glass on two sides, and some having glass 



