ONE YEAR AMONG THE BEES. Ill 



the colony. The colony should be strong enough to occupy at once 

 the boxes given, and it is only a very small per cent, of colonies that 

 can take two tiers of boxes at the beginning, but, in most cases, one 

 tier of sections is first placed on the hive, and when the bees are well 

 at work in them, say half full or more, then add the second tier. This 

 second tier is not usually placed on top of the first, but the first is 

 raised up, and the empty one is placed under, as in this manner the 

 bees being already in the upper one, must occupy both tiers at the 

 same time, when otherwise they would be slow to go above into the 

 empty boxes. In fig. 9, 8 shows a crate of boxes standing on end with 

 a few boxes removed (and, by the way, we here show two kinds 

 of crates, which we will explain further on, but will say the one rep- 

 resented as being .on the hive is the "section holder" crate, and the 

 one standing on end is the "T" crate or super); 2, hanging on the 

 corner of hive, is one of the section holders, and is again shown on the 

 top of hive holding three sections, one being out of place. There are 

 six of these, holding four sections each, in a crate. The sections as 

 seen on the hive are furnished with foundation comb, and the manner 

 of doing this work is seen in the following cut. 



THE PARKER FOUNDATION FASTENER. 



Figure 10 shows the "Parker" foundation fastener No. 4; 3 is a 

 section rest and gauge to hold the section in place, so that the fast- 

 ener may strike the section exactly in the center, and by pressure 

 fasten the foundation in place ; 1 is a section fully supplied with 

 foundation, at least according to my notion. Some may differ a little 

 with me in the use of so much foundation in a section, as many use 



FIG. 10, Parker foundation fastener. 



