I50 MODERN BEEHIVES. [Ch. in. 



shed or bee-house of some kind, and also with a floor- 

 board. Should the apiarian, .however, not have these 

 necessaries, we can supply the deficiency. 



The sides of the boxes are furnished with wooden 

 buttons, which, when turned round, keep each box 

 exactly in its place one above the other; there are also 

 projecting irons or screw heads for tying the two boxes a 

 and B together preparatory to hiving the swarm, also for 

 weighing; or ifthe boxes stand out exposed, all may be thus 

 secured, to prevent their being blown over by high winds. 



In putting the hive into use, take the two boxes a 

 and B, made one by the junction before mentioned, with 

 complete access from one to the other inside by the free 

 communication afforded. Shake the swarm in just as 

 •with a common cottage hive. 



If the weather be favourable these two boxes will be 

 nearly filled in ten days. To get the full advantage of 

 the Stewarton hive the first year, put two swarms into 

 two body boxes, a and e. Allow the bees to remain 

 there till they have nearly filled the body boxes with 

 comb, which (with this increased number of workers, 

 and in favourable weather) should be from five to ten 

 days. Two swarms are seldom procurable the same 

 day so as then to be joined together, and even if they 

 were there is a doubt whether greater progress may not 

 be attained by hiving one swarm a week or so earlier 

 than the other, so as to build comb and raise brood 

 ready for the reception of the new comers. 



