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to produce an odor, by burning a certain composition, which' 

 readily attracts the millers from all parts of the apiary. 



As we have given directions in the former part of this 

 Manual for making the cheap hives, the reader may perhaps 

 infer that such are best adapted to the wants *of the bees ; but 

 we have only given them for the benefit of those who desire 

 to use the common kind ; and for the convenience of those 

 who wish to prevent any swarming, wahave attached to our 

 hive Weeks' Patent Ventilator, collateral boxes, chambers, 

 and canal bottom board, of which we have purchased the 

 exclusive right. The canal bottom board should be used on 

 all hives, as it is undoubtedly the best ever constructed. To 

 give the reader a proper idea of our non-swarming hive and 

 canal bottom board, we here annex an engraving of each. 



Fig. 3. % 



Figure 3 represents a vertical section of the Vermont Hive, 

 with collateral boxes attached, by which the bees can be pre- 

 vented from swarming, if desirable ; or permitted to do so, 

 at pleasure, by simply removing the collateral boxes. This 

 hive should properly stand upon the canal bottom board. 



Figure 4 represents the canal bottom board, ventilator, 

 dec, to which reference is made in this Manual. It is made 

 of plank, at least two inches thick, two feet long and sixteen 



