THE BEE. 



movable comb-frames, with glazed openings and other like con- 

 trivances, are used. These bee-boxes, as they are called, are 



Fig. 75. Vertical frame of box 

 shown in fig. 74. 



Fi_>-. 74. Debeauvoy's bee-box, with 

 sloping roof and shelves. 



infinitely various in form, and although our limits will not allow 

 us to enter into the details of the advantages derived from them 



Fig. 78. Shutter of 

 box shown in fig. 77. 



Fig. 77. Debeauvoy's box, with 

 vertical frames. 



by their inventors and contrivers, it will nevertheless be useful to 

 show the forms of those most generally used. 



The common bee-box used in the South of France is shown in 

 fig. 76, p. 17, the cover c being hinged, so as to be capable of 

 being raised at pleasure. The process of transferring the bees- 

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