124 HIVES AND BOXES. 
1-in. band-iron should be secured at cach end with screws. 
The boxes are to rest ae these irons. A movable piece 
—— of board should fit the 
incomplete end, to be 
held in place by two 
hooks (fig. 49). The 
boxes should be in two 
rows, with 7 or 8 in 
each row, according to 
= the panel or separator 
” used (fig. 50). A panel 
as used at the sides of 
the frames may be 
placed over the top of the clamp, and. secured by hooks. 
This manner of arranging boxes in clamps will be found 
serviceable in many ways. 
The boxes may be prepared 
in the winter and packed in 
them, where they will not be 
exposed to the light, or in 
danger of being soiled. When iz. 
ready to put upon the hives, = 
they are much more expedi- Fig. 51. 
tHiously handled than the large **** CONTAINING Six BoxEs, 
two-comb boxes, which must be adjusted one by one. 
Boxes at’ the outside, but partially filled, may be ex- 
ih aay 
te iT 
mq at the center, when 
Fig. 52.—rRAME CONTAINING THREE pores, 
Fig. 50.—cLAMP FILLED WITH BOXES, 
_—— 
pleted at nearly 
the same time. 
When filled, a large 
portion may be 
kept in the clamps, free from art and dust, until ready 
to prepare for market. Side boxes are used by some mm 
the hanging-frame hive, by placing them in a frame, as 
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