24& MANAGEMENT OF 



No, XVI. 



Management of the Show Box. 



Procure a flip of deal, of the length m 

 the box, one inch and a quarter broad, three 

 quarters of an inch thick : pierce final! holes 

 in it, at equal diflances, four on a fide, into 

 which put eight flight flicks, four or five 

 inches long y and thu3 form a ffoge, cutting 

 off all irregularities at the bottom. Place in 

 it a thick empty 'Virgin comb, four or five 

 inches in length and breadth. Introduce it 

 as. far up the middle of the box as to touch 

 the bar ; fallen it at the ends by two fine 

 and long fcrews, paffed in at the front and 

 back of the box. Or, the flage may be 

 hung to the bar by four firings (horfe-hair 

 will be befl) over the bar let into grooves r and 

 tied on the fide of the bar, that there may 

 be no obftacles above the level of the box. 



Having procured a queen from 2ifwarm i 

 cut her wings half off, put her into the box 

 at the top, the door being flopped \ then put 

 a pint of fumed bees, including ten or 



twelve 



