112 THE APIARY. 



box A, and admittingf of no outlet for the bees, excep 

 at the entrance. 



"When the four boxes are placed above each other, the 

 structure measures twenty-two inches high. 



The Scotch carpenters send no floor-board, and no 

 covering or roof for the top to shoot off the rain ; they 

 evidently expect that the purchaser is provided with a 

 shed or bee-house of some kind, and also with a floor- 

 board. Should the apiarian, however, not have these 

 necessaries, we can supply the deficiency. 



The sides of the boxes are furnished with wooden 

 buttons, which, when turned round, keep each box 

 exactly in its place above the other : there are also 

 projecting irons or screw heads for tying the two 

 boxes A and b together, preparator}- to hiving the 

 swarm ; or if the boxes stand out exposed, all may be 

 thus secured, to prevent their being blown over by high 

 winds. 



Directions for Management. < 



Take the two boxes a and b, made one by the junction 

 before mentioned, and similarly inside by the free com- 

 munication afforded. Shake the swarm in as described 

 at page 28, just as with a common cottage hive. 



If the weather be favourable, these two boxes will be 

 nearly filled in ten days. To get the full advantage of 

 the Stewarton hive the first year, put two swarms into 



