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HIVES AXD BOXES. 



■CLAMP TILLED WITH BOXES. 



l-in. band-iron should be secured at eacli end with screws 



The boxes are to rest upon these irons. A movable piece 



of board should fit the 

 incomplete end, to be 

 held in place by two 

 hooks (fig. 49). The 

 boxes should be in two 

 rows, with 7 or 8 in 

 each row, according to 

 the panel or separator 

 used (fig. 50). A panel 

 as used at the sides ol 

 the frames may be 



placed over the top of the clamp, and secured by hooks. 



This manner of arranging boxes in clamps will be found 



serviceable in many ways. 



The boxes may be prepared I 



in the winter and packed in 



them, where they will not be 



exposed to the light, or in 



danger of being soiled. When 



ready to put ui^on the hives, 



they are much more expedi- 

 tiously handled than the large 



two-comb boxes, which must be adjusted one by one. 



Boxes at the outside, but partially filled, may be eX' 



changed with those 

 at the center, when 

 all will be com- 

 pleted at nearly 

 the same time. 

 When filled, a large 

 portion may be 



kept In the clamps, free from dirt and dust, until ready 



to prepare tor market. Side boxes are used by some in 



the hanging-frame hive, by placing them in a frame, a» 



Kg. 51. 



FKAME CONTAINING SIX BOXES. 



FRAME CONTAINIKQ THKBE BOXES. 



