PEARCE' METHOD OF BEE-KEEPING 9 



ding, 20 inches from the bottom of the sill, and put a shelf 

 20 inches wide all along on each side of your building foi' 

 your hives to set on. In siding up your building when you 

 put on the first 3 or 4 pieces, up to where you wish' your bees 

 to fly out, leave one piece loose to slip out for your opening 

 for the bees. Then when you get up where the top of your 

 window sashes are to come, leave loose another strip, so as 

 to have a starter to cut your windows out. Then after you 

 have gotten your shelves built for the hives to set on, you 

 can cut up pieces of 2 x 4 and put a piece laid flat-wise just 

 at the top of the opening for your bees. This will then give 

 you a smooth surface on the inside, even with your upright 

 studding, to put your hives up against, and this will throw 

 your hives in 5 inches from the outside wall. This is most 

 important and those strips of scantling are fine to nail 

 strips of board to on the inside to close the openings between 

 the hives. As to our windows, we place 2 little notched 

 buttons at the bottom and one in the middle of the window 

 at the top to turn and take out all the windows in the summer 

 for air if we want. Now put hinges and locks on your door 

 and your house is done, all but making a little sliding table 

 as you see from the picture of my house. This is made by 

 leaving your supports for the shelf, 2 inches longer than the 

 width of the shelf and cut a notch down 2 inches for your 

 track, which is an inch and your sliding table is another inch. 

 This makes it, so your table is just the level of your shelves. 

 Now your house is done. 



Interior of house shown on opposite page 



