102 HIVES AND BOXES. 
ble, especially in the best seasons. Many cf our best 
bee-keepers are using side-boxes in connection with the 
hanging-frame hive. This may be done by making the 
sides of the hive movable, and holding the ends in place, 
by a piece of hoop-iron, at top and bottom, across each 
side. The corners may be secured as illustrated, by 
clasps, such as will be described hereafter. (See fig. 37.) 
OBSERVATORY HIVE. 
A yery convenient form of observatory hive, for the 
gatisfaction of those who wish to observe the operations 
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of the bees, without opening the hive, can be made sub- 
stantially as the above, except that the two sides should 
be made with a frame, two inches wide, with a glass 
fitted in the inside, and a door made of two thicknesses 
of thin board, with the grain at right angles to prevent 
warping. This door should fit nicely in the frame, be 
