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holes above, and openings on opposite sides, are worse 

 than useless. 



Except in very damp locations the hives should not 

 rest more than live inches from the ground. Tired and 

 heavily laden bees, especially on windy days, may fail 

 to gain the- hive, if it is high up, as they return from 

 the field. 



For extracted honey, we use a second-story , precisely 

 like the body ot tne hive, except it is a half-inch less in 

 depth; that is the sides are 9£ instead of 10 inches 

 wide. If we wish to we can follow Dadant, and use 

 two of these upper stories, and tier up, in which case we 

 would not need to extract till the close of the harvest, 

 when the honey would be ripened in the hive. 



Upon the body of the hive rests the slatted honey 

 board. It is seen in place (Fig. 42, C.) and is shown in 

 Figure 43. This is also 13 by 19| inches. The outer 



Fig. 43. 



Heddon Honey Board. 



rim of this valuable invention and the slats are in one 

 plane on the under surface, and the slats are three- 

 eighths of an inch apart, leaving passages that width 

 for the bees to pass through. On the upper surface 

 the rim projects three : eighths of an inch above the 

 slats, so that if a board is laid on the honey board its 

 lower surface will be three-eighths of an inch above the 

 slats. When the honey board is placed on the hive the 

 spaces between the slats must rest exactly over the cen- 

 ter of the top bars of the brood frames below. The use 

 of this prevents the bees from building brace combs 

 above the brood frames, and keeps the sections very 



