THE COTTAGE AND FARM BEE KEEPER. 



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slides will fit close together, the pieces of metal alone interposing be- 

 tween them. A piece of wood, (having a suitable hole in it,) nailed 

 against the wall to which the slide is adapted will meet the difficulty 

 on that side. 



There must also be constructed a tunnel as at d d, for the bees to 

 pass from one box to the other. It will be sufficient to cut it out of 

 the upper piece only of the double board ; and it should be rather 

 deeper and wider than the entrance way. A plate of iron or thin ma- 

 hogany should also be fitted over it in each board, as at e e, thus form- 

 ing a covered way beneath it 



The holes, b 6, are cut quite through the double board in each box, 

 and serve the purpose of ventilators, which will be found of very great 

 use at certain seasons. They are closed by a pair of zinc slides, c c, 

 the one perforated, the other plain, which passes in a groove, either 

 between the doubled boards or beneath them. There must always be 

 one of these ventilators to each board. 



Three or four small screws, with rings attached, must be affixed to 

 the upper side of each board, into which the strings will be passed, 

 which are necessary to facilitate the removal of the boxes for weigh- 

 ing, inspection, &c. 



