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ate to be made in it, to correfpond with 

 thofe on the hive-top* but to be limited in 

 length, and not to exceed the width of the 

 glaffes, as pi. 2. fig. 3. 



Inftead of flicks to fupport the empty 

 combs, stages feem preferable. Three flips 

 of wood, an inch and a half wide, and of 

 a length to fuit the bottom of the glaffes J 

 fmall holes are to be made near their edges, 

 to receive long pegs, or flight flicks* about 

 three or four inches long, and thus form 

 Pages wherein to fix the empty combs. 

 The bottom edges, and ends of the ftages 

 muft be round, or bevelled off, and the ends 

 of the pegs are to be cut fmooth with the 

 furface, to prevent any impediment to the 

 entrance of the divider. The fmall glaffes 

 require two fuch ftages ; the larger central, 

 three, in each divifion ; and to be placed fo 

 as not to obftruct the apertures of the box 

 by which the bees muff afcend into the 

 glaffes. . 



OBSERVATIONS. 



When the glaffes are filled with combs, 

 the edges are to be cut through with a thin 



knife, 



