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light and retaining warmth. The box c differs from 

 the others in another respect; instead of bars, it has a 

 grating made by seven openings, each half an inch wide 

 and nine inches long : these three boxes stand on a stout 

 floor-board, in which is cut the entrance way, four inches 

 wide and three-eighths of an inch high. The floor-board 

 projects so as to support an outer cover of half-inch wood, 

 surmounted by a sloping roof. This is an effectual protec- 

 tion from the weather, and is necessary when hives are 

 exposed ; of course, if placed in a bee-house, such pro- 

 tection may be dispensed with. The outer case is well 

 painted, of a green colour, and when it is used the hive 

 may be placed in any part of the garden. The dimen- 

 sions of this hive, with outside cover, are eighteen inches 

 square, and two feet six inches high. 



Suitable stands are provided, consisting of a stout 

 pedestal with four feet. Stakes should be driven into 

 the ground to secure the whole against wind. Height 

 from the ground, four feet three inches. 



The bars before alluded to are for the purpose of 

 inducing the bees to build parallel combs, for without 

 such an arrangement extraction would be impossible. 

 It is a great convenience, in many ways, to be able 

 to take out a bar of comb; it gives such a complete 

 control over the hive. 



To ensure comb-building on the bars, pieces of clean 

 worker-comb should always be carefully preserved; 

 and before a swarm is put in, either every bar or, if 



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