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ing the glass horizontally for a short time over the flame 

 of a candle) ; then apply one of the pieces of empty 

 comb inside at the part warmed, taking care, in fixing 

 it, that the pitch or inclination of the cells is upwards — 

 in fact, place the guide-comb in the same relative posi- 

 tion that it occupied in the hive or glass from which it 

 was taken. There is some danger of making the glass 

 too warm, which will cause the comb to melt and the 

 wax to run down the side, leaving an unsightly appear- 

 ance on the glass ; this should be carefully avoided, and 

 a little experience will soon enable the operator to deter- 

 mine the degree of warmth sufficient to make the comb 

 adhere without any of it being melted. It is hardly 

 necessary to state that only the very whitest combs 

 ought to be used. A short time should be allowed before 

 changing the position of the glass, so that it may cool 

 sufficiently to hold the comb in its place. Six or eight 

 pieces may thus be fixed, so that, when the glass is filled, 

 it will present a star shape, all the combs 

 radiating from' the centre. The annexed 

 engraving shows the appearance of a 

 glass as woriced by the bees, in which 

 guide-combs were fixed in the manner 

 described above. The drawing was taken from a glass 

 of our own filled after being thus furnished. 



In the Old Museum at the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 may be seen a Taylor's glass, presented by us, some of 

 the combs in which are elongated on the outside to- 



