100 THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. 



work to advantage in glass tumblers, or other small ves- 

 sels. One of the most important arrangements of my hive, 

 is that by which the heat passes into the upper recepta- 

 cles for storing honey, as naturally as the warmest air 

 ascends to the top of a heated room. 



33. It should permit the surplus honey to be taken 

 away, in the most convenient, beautiful, and salable forms, 

 and without risk of annoyance from the bees. 



In my hives, it may be made on frames in an upper 

 chamber, in tumblers, glass boxes, wooden boxes, small or 

 large, earthen jars, flower-pots, in short, in any kind of 

 receptacle which may suit the fancy or convenience of the 

 bee-keeper. Or these may all be dispensed with, and the 

 honey taken from the interior of the main hive, by remov- 

 ing the full frames, and supplying their places with empty 

 ones. 



34. It should admit of the easy removal of good honey 

 from the main hive, when its place can be supplied by 

 the bees with an inferior article. 



In districts where buckwheat is raised, any vacancies 

 made by removing the choice honey from the hive will 

 be rapidly filled. 



35. When quantity and not quality is the object sought, 

 it should allow the greatest yield, that the surplus of 

 strong colonies may be given, in tho Fall, to those which 

 have an insufficient supply. 



By surmounting my hive with a box of the same dimen- 

 sions, and transferring the combs to this box, the bees, 

 when they build new comb, will descend and fill the lower 

 frames, using, as fast as the brood hatches, the upper box 

 for storing honey. The combs in this box, containing a 

 large amount of bee-bread, and being of a size adapted 

 to the breeding of workers, will be very suitable for aiding 

 weak colonies. 



