60 GLASS HIVES. 



conTenience wlien looking into the hive. The ends ol 

 these posts are to be perfectly level, and to which the 

 bottom is to be nailed fast. As the hive is to sit per- 

 fectly close to the board, a passage must be made 

 through it, as well as means for ventilation in hot 

 weather, without raising the hive for that purpose. It 

 requires a board about fifteen inches square, planed 

 smooth, the ends clamped to prevent warping or split- 

 ting; a portion of the centre is taken out, say six 

 inches by ten, and wire cloth nailed over, four-ounce 

 tacks will hold it, fasten it just enough to keep the 

 bees from getting through ; very likely it will want to 

 be taken off occasionally and cleaned from the propo- 

 lis that will be spread over it. It is is easiest done in 

 freezing weather. 



Take an edge in each hand, and rock the wires a 

 few times out of square, and it will readily crumble 

 and fall out. In warm weather it must be scalded or 

 burnt off. To close this space, a moving slide is fixed 

 in grooves under-side, fastened to the posts or board. 

 The slide is to be moved in -accordance with the 

 weather, when cold, close it, when hot, withdraw it, 

 and give the bees as much air as possible, without 

 raising the hive, the whole of such space is as milch 

 ventilation as ordinary hives raised an inch. (Wire 

 cloth is needed for other purposes, it is best to pro- 

 cure some, even at considerable trouble and expense.) 

 On the side of the board intended for the front, two 

 inches from the edge of the wire cbth, a passage is 

 cut for the bees, three-eights of an inch wide, by 

 eleven in length. "But how is the bees to get to 



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