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weathers. Nothing is more requisite than to fix a frame, (similar to 

 £hat already described,) or a board, against a window that has no in- 

 ner ledge, or in one that has, 

 upon which, the hive boards g\\ \ 



may rest. A hole must also be 

 cut in the lower frame of the 

 window sash, (to which an 

 alighting board is affixed on the 

 outside,) corresponding in size 

 with the mouth of the bee pass- 

 age tunnelled out of the bot- 

 tom board, which is thrust up 

 as close as possible against it, so 

 that the holes may exactly co- 

 incide. Where the window is 

 sufficiently large, as in the above 

 sketch, two colonies may be 

 placed side by side, one on the 

 collateral, the other on the sto- 

 rifying system. In this case the 

 hive entrances must be as far distant as possible the one from the other, 

 that the bees may in no wise be tempted to quarrel. If only the low- 

 er part of the window be occupied by bees, the upper sash may be 

 left free to ventilate the room ; but if there are other windows suita- 

 ble for this purpose, and it be thought desirable to place another colo- 

 ny, or set Of colonies, in the same window, nothing is easier than to adapt 

 a frame or shelf higher up, with a block of wood nailed or screwed 

 firmly to its upper side, answering the purpose of alighting-board and 

 external entrance way. A little putty will make all right and tight, 

 against rain and wind. It is hoped the accompanying diagrams 

 will sufficiently explain the manner in which this block will be ar- 

 ranged. For instance, a is the block itself, with alighting board attached, 

 as seen from the outside ; h the same block, as it appears from with- 

 in, to the back of which the zinc slide is attached, which commands 

 the block passage. The square figure d represents a pane of glass, of 

 which the part below the dotted fine, e e, has been punched out, it 

 having been previously cut with a diamond. Through the narrow 

 opening thus made, the block a or I, which rests on the lower edge of 



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