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pass through, is placed on the top of the case, and 

 boxes for the reception of surplus honey are placed on 

 the top of the board a cap is then put over these, 

 making the hive complete. 



To remove a full frame, " the apiarist should gently 

 push the third frame from either end of the hive a 

 little nearer to the fourth frame, and then the second 

 as near as he can to the third, to get ample room to 

 lift out the end one, without crushing its comb or in- 

 juring any of the bees. He should take hold of its 

 two shoulders which rest upon the rabbets, and care- 

 fully lift it, so as to crush no bees by letting it touch 

 the sides of the hive or the next frame." 



CALIFORNIA HIVE. 



Plate xin, fig. 28, represents a front view of the 

 California hive as arranged on the stand for the egress 

 and ingress of the bees. 



H is a slide elevated three-eighths of an inch from 

 the inclined bottom board A, forming a passage for 

 the bees. The slide is held in its place by the 

 wedges //. 



J. An aperture one and a half inches in diameter, 

 used either as a passage for the bees, or to admit air. 



8. Ventilating block, made five inches long, two 

 and one-fourth inches wide, and one-half inch thick ; 

 an aperture is made in one end, and a wire screen 

 tacked over it ; on the side intended to be next to 

 the hive, the wire should be sunk even with the sur- 



