142 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



So, no hive is complete without its arrangement of boxes, 

 section-frames, and crates, all constructed with the view of 

 securing this delectable comb-honey in the form that will be 

 most irresistible. 



BOXES. 



These are for surplus comb-honey in the most salable form. 

 They may be of any size that best suits the taste of the 

 apiarist, and the pulse of the market. 



It is well that the sides of these be of glass. Such (Fig. 

 41) may be made as follows : For top and bottom procure 

 soft-wood boards one-fourth of an inch thick and of the size 



Fig. 41. 



desired, one for the bottom and the other for the top of the box. 

 Take four pieces half an inch square and as long as the desired 

 height of the honey-box. In two adjacent sides of these saw 

 grooves in which may slip common glass. These are for corner 

 pieces. Now tack with small brads the corners of the bot-, 

 torn-board to the ends of these pieces, then slide in the 

 glass, and in similar way tack the top-board to the other 

 ends. Through the bottom-board holes may be bored so that 

 the bees may enter. ^ similar box is made by A. H. Russell, 

 of Adrian, Mich., except that tin forms the corners. These 

 may be made to take from one to three combs, and are certainly 

 very attractive. If made small and set in a crate so that all 

 could be removed at once, they would leave little to be desired. 

 The Isham box (Fig. 42; is essentially like the Russell ; 

 only the tin at the corners is fastened differently. Surely, all 

 great minds do run in the same channel. Another form (Fig.43) 

 which I find very desirable, and which I used in California 

 (where they were introduced by Mr. Harbison) more than ten 

 years ago, is made as follows : Dress off common lath so that 

 they are smooth, cut off two lengths the desired- height of the 

 box, and one the desired width ; tack this last piece to the ends 

 of the other two, and to the other end tack a similar strip 



