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mucli. And I assure you it was no joke carrying about 

 those 126 lb. and 123 lb. glasses, and some little diffi- 

 culty in getting the bees fo leave them." 



Mr Fox's supers were filled on the adjusting principle. 

 The above stetch wUl enable the reader to form a pretty 

 correct idea as to the way in which it is carried out, and 

 how Mr F. succeeded in inducing his bees to fill so large 

 glasses. The supers fitted or slipped over the outsides of 

 the hives, and were let down so far that their crowns were 

 not far from the crowns of the hives. The bees had not 

 far to go to make a commencement in them ; but as soon 

 as the combs came down, the supers were raised bit by bit 

 tni they were filled. The sides of the supers being glass, 

 Mr Fox could see when to raise them. He says : " The 

 season of 1863 was better for honey than any of the twelve 

 years going before ; but, notwithstanding, such large fine 

 glasses of honey could not have been obtained, except by 

 working the hives upon his adjusting principle." Kings- 

 bridge, too, he says, is a good place for bees ; and we add 

 this remark, that it has an able man to manage them. 



