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ones may be successively opened. By placing over the holes in 

 the top of the upper section, glass globes, jars, tumblers, or 

 boxes, the bees will rise into and fill them with honey. These 

 may be removed at any time after being filled. The holes in the 

 tops of the hive which do not open into the glasses or boxes 

 should of course be plugged up. These glass jars, etc., must 

 be covered over with a box, so as to keep them in the dark. 

 Every box or section, on the side opposite the little door, 

 should have a narrow piece of glass inserted, with a sliding 

 shutter, by drawing out which the condi- Fig- 



tion of the hive can always be inspected. 

 To make the bees place their combs in par- 

 allel lines, five or six sticks or bars may be 

 placed at the top of every section, running 

 from front to rear. The bees will attach 

 their combs to these bars, and the interme- 

 diate space will aiford sufficient light to see them work. The 

 slides covering the glasses should never be left open longer than 

 is just necessary for purposes of inspection. 



When one section is removed from the top, a wire or long 

 thin knife must be previously run between this and the one 

 immediately below, so as to destroy the attachments. Then 

 remove the upper section, placing the top upon the one below, 

 which is now the highest division of the hive. Another section 

 is to be placed beneath, lifting up the whole hive for the pur- 

 pose. Sometimes a second section has to be put under during 

 a good season. If the swarm is not very large, three or even 

 two boxes will be sufficient for its accommodation. The boxes 

 or sections may be secured upon each other by buttons, #, 5, 

 or rabbets, and the joints closed with cement. 

 , The plan of Mr. Luda, of Connecticut, by which the bees are 

 made to. build their cells and deposit their honey in the cham- 

 ber of a dwelling-house appropriated for the purpose, in neat 

 little drawers, from which it may be taken fresh by the owner, 

 without killing the bees, has obtained deserved celebrity. The 

 hive has the appearance of, and is, in part, a mahogany bureau 



