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knife, clofe to the glafs; and a ftifFwire, ben^ 

 like an L, with its ihort end made flat and 

 Iharp, is to be introduced between the con<bs* 

 Give it a twill, to turn the flat end, fo 

 as to feparate the upper part of the combs 

 from the top of the'glafs. The glafs of two 

 parts is intended for the eonveniency of 

 taking the upper part off when full, and to 

 be fucceeded by placing another. All 

 glafTes are difficult to crawl up by the bees* 

 occafioning extraordinary labour. In imall 

 glaffes efpecially, the crowds entering" 

 with their load, after much ftruggling 

 find it not wanted there, nor perhaps in 

 feveral others y and after all this toil are ob- 

 liged to defcend with it into the hive. For 

 this reafon ? I haveadvifed none under a quart. 

 But to thofe who are .not anxious about 

 quantity, fmall glafTes to their Own tafte will 

 be more pkafingV The greater the number 

 of glafTes, or their magnitude, the greater 

 fhould be the proportion of bees to fill them; 

 or the box will contain mpffcly brood, and 

 very little honey. An addition of a good 

 fwarm or two is,, in that cafe, neceffary. 

 Thofe who have large globular glaffes may 



have 



