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three-eighths inch thick ; place this piece in the 

 center at the end, leaving an open space next to 

 each corner post at that end for tlie passage of the 

 bees from the hive to the boxes. 



Before putting in the glass, if you have any pieces 

 of white, clean comb, it will be a great advantage 

 to stick t^vo small pieces ot this comb in each box, 

 where you wish the comb built. Place the pieces 

 in the top of the box two inches apart. Melt the 

 edge of the comb and apply in place where you 

 want it, while hot ; hold it in place till it cools, and 

 it will remain. 



The bees will commence work much sooner in 

 boxes with the comb than they would without, 

 even if the pieces of comb are not more than an inch 

 square. 



Honey in these boxes is very attractive, 

 and is sought for in the market by custom- 

 ers who have purchased in this form. Honey put 

 up in these nice glass boxes shows its superior 

 quality at a glance, and customers prefer to purchase 

 in such boxes, with no tare deducted for weight of 

 box, to purchasing in the ordinary wood box with 

 the weight of the box deducted. 



In taking these boxes from the hive,* when filled 



*Wlien the box frames or partitions are taken out in the honey season, 

 the bees -will often, if the stock is strong, spread out over the bottom, so 

 that in putting the frame in, a large number will get crushed. To pre- 

 vent this, get out tT7o pieces of wood, each about one and one-half inches 

 wide, and one-fourth inch thick, one eighteen inches long, the other 

 twenty-two inches long; one edge of the long piece bevel to a thin edge, 

 about the shape of a carpenter's chisel. Nail the long piece in the center 

 to the end of the short piece at right angles with it, with the beveled 

 edge down, so the beveled edge will be level with the end of the short 



