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honey is out, and the bees cannot creep up the sides 

 of tin very easily. Another thing, there is nothing to 

 prevent the bees from making their combs to the bot- 

 tom of this dish, two inches below the bottom of the 

 hive ; these things are to be prevented. Get out two 

 pieces of half-inch board, ten inches long, one to be 

 two inches wide, the other one and a half inches. "With 

 a coarse or thick saw, cut channels in the side of the 

 strips, one-fourth inch deep, three-eighths or half an 

 inch apart, crosswise the whole length. You will then 

 want a number corresponding to the places sawed, of 



very thin shingles, or strips, say one-eighth of an inch 

 thick, and one and three-fourths widej and nine and a 

 half long ; these are to stand edgewise in the dish ; the 

 first two are to hold them in the channels at the ends. 

 The narrow one needs a block one-half inch square, 

 nailed on each end; on the edge, a strip of wire cloth 

 is then nailed on, making the whole width just two 

 inches. This is now put in the dish, mre cloth at the 

 bottom, two inches from one end ; two pins to act as 

 braces will keep it there ; the other wide one is placed 

 against the other end, and pressed down even with the 

 top of the dish. The thin pieces are now slipped intp 



