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top, which is done by withdrawing the top slide. In a 

 few hours, sometimes immediately, the work of comb- 

 building begins in the glass— all the sooner, if a piece of 

 clean empty comb be placed therein. 



It is of service to keep the glass warm by means of a 

 worsted or baize bag ; it prevents the temperature from 

 falling at night, when much comb-building is carried on, 

 providing the heat is not allowed to escape. Probably, 

 if all goes on well, in three weeks the glass will be 

 found filled with fine white honey-comb. When you 

 find that the comb is well sealed up, it is time to take it 

 off; but if the cells are unfilled and unsealed, let the 

 labourers complete their work^ — a little experience will 

 soon enable the bee-keeper to determine this point. 



The plan to be adopted for taking gl&sses of honey-, 

 comb is the same as described for Nutt's hive. 



TAYLOR'S AMATEUR SHALLOW BOX OR 

 EIGHT-BAR HIVE. 



Taylor's Amateur Hive, as seen by reference to the 

 engraving, consists of three boxes — the lower one, a, is 

 the stock-box, in which the swarm is first placed ; b is 

 the first super ; and c, the centre box : all three boxes are 

 of the same diameter, viz., thirteen and a half inches 

 square inside, a, the stock-box, is seven and a half 

 inchfes deep ; b, six and a half inches : both are fitted with 

 eight moveable bars, each bar being one inch and an 

 eighth wide, with spaces of half an inch between, and all 



