26 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



hives Avithout any bottom-boards are piled up in such a manner 

 that the bottom of a hive rests upon the top of a hive below it 

 at one side, and upon another hive at the other side, and the 

 ventilation is perhaps as good when there is a bottom-board so 

 deep that there is a space of two inches or more under the 

 bottom-bars. 



Fig. 4 — Heddon Super. 



SEASONS 1803 — 1865. 



The four colonies wintered thi'ough, and I find cliarsjed to 

 the bees' account for 1863 three movable-frame hives at^$2 00 

 each, three box hives at $1.00 for the three, and some surplus 

 boxes at 10 to 20 cents each. These surplus boxes held from 6 

 tp 10 pounds each, some of them having- glagg q^ ^wo sides 



