CHAPTER 12", 



BOXES FOR SURPLUS HONEY. 



IN the last chapter, directions were given when 

 to put on boxes, but it is important to know 

 more about this matter, the kind of boxes to 

 use, how made, etc. I shall recommend a glass 

 box ; that is, glass sides with wood corner-posts, 

 top and bottom, such as I use with the Controllable 

 Hive ; of two sizes, one holding about four pounds 

 of honey, the other about two pounds. Thirty-one 

 four-pound boxes, or sixty-six two-pound boxes, 

 fit each Controllable Hive ; or a part of each size 

 may be used on the same hive at the same time. 

 The larger boxes are just wide enough for two 

 combs running the longest way of the box. The 

 smaller boxes are just large enough for one comb 

 running the longest way of the box. These boxes 

 fit the sides and top of the Controllable Hive.* The 

 bees enter the top boxes through the holes in the 

 bottom of the box. 



For the side boxes, omit the holes in bottom, and 

 leave out the glass from one end, and in place of 

 the glass put in a piece of wood two inches wide, 



♦For a complete description of these boxes, I refer to the drawings and 

 illustrations of the Controllable Hive and all flxtures. 



