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The hive proper is 12x12x15 — 2,160 cubic inches, inside measurement. 



When filled with honev it weighs eighty pounds — a sufficient quantity to 



feed a large colony of bees during the season not fruitful of flowers. 



For supporting the comb in the desired position, small round sticks are 



used in the same manner as in the old box hive. The cover to this portion 



has its upper surface beveled near the edges, to receive and retain in 



position a small or upper hive, 



seven inches iigh and twelve 



inches square, inside dimensions. 



It is shown in proper place in Fig. 



1, and raised in Fig. 2, disclosing 



the surplus honey boxes, which 



are two in ppmber, 11 1-2x6x5 1-2 



inches, outside measurement, 



made from quarter-inch pine lum- 



l^r, with glass ends or sides, 



either plain or ornamental, as the 



contents may be designed for home 



consumption or exhibition at the 



sale-room, or to compete for pre- 

 miums at fairs. Each of said boxes 



connects with the lower hive by 



four one-inch holes, which aro 



made in hive and boxes at the time 



of their constructiou. They aflbrd 



\i. suflicient passage-way to and 



from said boxes. The top of the 



hive is delineated in Fig. 3. One 



series of holes is shown, while the 



other is covered (in use both shotild be) by securing a thin strip in the 



proper position by screws. They remain thus until the hive is thought to be 



lilled, or a sufficient quantity accumulated to successfully winter the bees. 



At tliis juncture carefully remove the screws, slightly raise the 



Btrip, place one of the surplus boxes at the end of the strip, and gradually, 



or by a dextrous movement, get it in place, as shown in Fig. 2. When 



both are in position, place over them 

 the cover, and, unless you are care- 

 less, not one bee is injured by the 

 operation. Should the surpltis boxes 

 be provided with glass ends you may 

 at any time during the season view the 

 stores therein accumulated by raising 

 the cover. At or soon after the ap- 

 pearance of autumnal frosts, remove 

 the surplus boxes, cover the series of 

 holes as alx)ve stated. At the approach 



of winter again remove them; thereby all vapor arising from the breathing of 



so great a number of insects passes into the empty space above, thus in a 



great measure, preventing death by the congealing of this vapor. Other 



points of merit could be noticed, but will suggest themselves. 



Ad-rtce to Tonng Bee Keepers. — Beginners in bee keeping should 

 not, when going into the business, build costly bee houses, provide hi^h- 



BZE HTVZ.— FIQ. 2- 



BEE HTTE. — FIO. 3. 



