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hives, to run from corner to corner diagonally, and in 

 the centre. A brad in each end will hold them fast. 

 These sticks should be half an inch square, or more. 



In making the box-hive, as shown at page 153, the 

 super or upper section will require dowelling ; that is, a 

 couple of wooden pins at two of the corners, to sink into 

 holes made in the roof of the lower section, in order to 

 hold the super in its proper position. The pins should 

 not be sunk into the roof over half an inch, and they 

 should be placed at the diagonal corners. 



The boxes for the chambers of hives represented at 

 page 158, should be made of the thinest materials that 

 can be obtained. Whitewood will do very well, but 

 any material of the thickness of segar boxes is much 

 better. A groove is plowed out near the front end, to 

 receive the glass. No bottoms are required for these 

 boxes, as I have already explained, in the description of 

 chamber-hives. There is a difficulty arising, when the 

 boxes are withdrawn from the chambers filled with 

 honey, in the manner of cutting out the combs with fa- 

 cility. What we then wish is, to be able to sever the 

 combs from the top of the box. It is quite easy to cut 

 the ends and sides, but unless we have a knife made with 

 a right angle, we cannot separate the attachments on 

 the upper side, without taking an end or a side off. 

 Now, it is necessary that every apiarian should have 

 such a knife, with an angle, as I shall give a cut of here- 

 after ; but not one in ten will probably ever provide one ; 

 consequently, I must give such directions in making 



