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MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



hive, lay on the cover of the box, or cover with boards. 

 This preserves against changes of temperature during the 

 winter, and also permits the bees to fly if it becomes neces- 

 sary from a protracted period of warm winter weather. I 

 have thus kept all my bees safely during two of the disastrous 

 winters. 



As there is at present no plan of wintering, which promises 

 to serve so well for all our apiarists, in view of its cheapness, 

 ease, convenience, ^nd universal efficiency, I will describe in 

 detail the box now in use at the College, which costs only 

 one dollar per hive, and which is convenient to store away in 

 summer. 



BOX FOR PACKING. 



The sides of this (Fig. 101, a, a), facing east and west are 

 three and a half feet long, two feet high on the south end, 

 Fig. 101. 



and two and a half feet on the north. They are in one piece, 

 which is secured by nailing the boards which form them to 

 cleats, which are one inch from the ends. The north end 



