244 SHOW-BOX FOR AMATEURS. 



the ledges. A wooden loofe cover muftclofe 

 the whole. 



It muft have a loofe floor two inches 

 wider than the box ; and little abutments 

 fhould be added at the corners near the bot~ 

 torn, to give the box a fteadinefs fufficient 

 to prevent its being turned alide. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The narrownefs of the bpx, and its hav- 

 ing but one bar, is intended to prevent the 

 bees from making more than one comb, 

 which they would do if it was a quarter of 

 an inch wider. 



By being confined to one comb, the mi- 

 nutiae of their transactions are expofed to 

 view on boh fides ; the queens not except- 

 ed : a difcovery I fufpec~l not to be fo fully 

 obtained by any other means known to the 

 public. 



A window, full fouth, is the propereft to 

 place the box in. A fituation the leaft ex- 

 pofed to wind is neceffary for their fucceed T 

 jlig. The bees are ufed to great heat, and 



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