18 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEE.S 



tluil the bottom of a hive rests upon the toj) of a hive below it 

 at one side, and upon another hive at the other side, and the 

 ventilation is perhaps as good when there is a bottom-board so 

 deep that there is a space of two inches or more under the 

 bottom-bars. 



Fig. 4 — Heddon Siipcr 



SEASON OF 18(53. 



The four colonies wintered through, and I find charged to 

 the bees' account for 1863 three movable-frame hives at .$2.00 

 each, three box hives at $1.00 for the three, and some surplus 

 boxes at 10 to 20 cents each. These surplus boxes held from 6 

 to 10 pounds each, some of them having glass on two sides, and 

 some having glass on four sides. Small pieces of comb were 



