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It has two cleats at the 



FIG. 4. — UU'ilUDE OF EST) FIKCK. 



no. 5. — VIKW OF SIDE FIECK. 



^g. 5 is a view of the west side boxing piece. 



ends, a a. The one at the left 



hand is a Uttle in from the end, 



as that end fits the dark place 



in the left end of Fig. 3. Two 



cleats, shaped as in the small 



figure of Fig. 4, are on the mid- 

 dle parts of the view. They 



serve the same purpose as in 



the large figure in Fig. 1. You 



need not be told that a corre- 

 sponding east piece is to be 



made. Now arrange hooks, or other contrivances, and put this boxing to- 

 gether abont your hives, ar- 

 ranged as shown in Fig. 2, 

 and yon have it ready to pack 

 the bees. The best packing 

 is dry saw-dust, or cut straw; 

 cut it not over an inch long- 

 Pack all abont the hives, and 

 at least six inches thick over 

 the top of the hives. Now 



make a roofing; the form, as shown by Fig. 6, which is made of triangular 



boards, with boards nailed on the top of them. When done, tiie whole will 



appear as in Fig. 7, which shows 



the two hives, the south-end hav- 



mg three small entrances, too 



■mall for a mouse or rat to get in 



at, and an inch round hole just 



over the three entrances, which 



hole is covered with wire cloth; 



these are all the holes for venti- 

 lation necessary. The dotted 



Unes show the form of an ordinary box hive, a foot square and a foot high. 



Of course, in making your platform and boxing, yon will make them to fit 



the hive you use, which will 

 alt«r lengths and breadths a 

 Uttle, but not the general 

 shape of what we have de- 

 scribed. The side view 

 would be so similar to Fig. 7 

 that we do not give it Ob- 

 serve this in pntting your 

 bees in winter quarters: If 

 November 1st to 16th passes 

 so cold that bees fly Uttl*. 

 this is a good time to pack 

 them in this boxing. If it is 

 so warm that they fly a good 

 deal till December 1st or 

 16th, then that time is the 



best Let them have a few coolish days without protection, and be shut up 



a week or so before you change them from their summer stands to this win- 



FIO. 6.--DXSIOX OF BOOF. 



FIO. 7.— AFFEASAXCB WHE!; COKFLETE. 



