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BEES FOE PLEASURE AND PROFIT. 



Doubling-boxes. 



Each hive must he provided ^vith a douhling-box, whether 

 we wish to produce comb or extracted lioney. A doubling box 

 is very much Hke the body-box of a hive, only it has no porch 

 or entrance. The inner walls, on which the ends of the frames 

 rest, should be made as shown in fig. 14, A, so as to slide into 

 grooved pieces of wood (fig. 14, b), which are nailed on the 

 inside of the doubling- box. By this means we may remove the 

 inner walls when we wish to tier up crates of sections on the 

 hives. The doubling-box being 9 inches deep will accommodate 

 two crates of sections one on the top of the other ; and if the 

 roof be made 5 inches deep to the eaves, as previously advised, 

 we can have three crates of sections on the hive at the same 

 time — as many as are needed when working for comb honey. 



Pig. 14. — A, Inner walls of Doubling-box, showing slot which s'.liles in the grooved 

 pieces of wood (b), nailed to outer walls. 



If we intend to work for "run" or "extracted" honey, we 

 shall recjuire two doubling-boxes to each ten-frame hive. 



Almost every manufacturer has his own particular kind of 

 hive, for which he claims special advantages ; but the tyro 

 should always buy a hive from one of the best firms, who have had 

 much experience, and he will then obtain a well-finished article 

 of accurate workmanship, instead of a cheap and, unfortunately, 

 often badly finished hive, made of unseasoned wood, which will 

 scon crack and warp, and cause endless annoyance through 

 the different parts not fitting well. The amateur would soon 

 repent his purchase of such an article, and wish that he had 

 paid a little more for his hives until he gained experience in 

 selecting the kind most adapted to his particular requirements. 



