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five to forty-five pounds. ‘The swarms which these hive 
produce, are of a strength proportioned to that of th 
mother-hive, and weigh from six to twelve pounds. = 
- After the pyramidal hive has been established a coupl 
of years, its volume or dimensions may be enlarged eac! 
returning spring, and by these means the product wi 
augment from year to year. ; oe 
The extent of combs and number of cells, increase in 
proportion to the enlargement of the hive. Bape 
The lay of the queen also increases in proportion to the 
number of cells, in which she can deposit her eggs. h 
The couvain becoming more numerous, the working bees 
increase, and consequently the interior works will be richer 
in wax and honey. : 
This method is simple, natural, and according to the — 
physical increase of the colony, which augments in volume _ 
with time and space. It is easily understood, and every 
farmer can put it in practice. 
To work advantageously, it will be sufficient, each re- 
turning spring, to give an inch, in diameter and height, to f 
the new boxes, put under the Scottish hive to make it pyra- _ 
midal. Bae 
Then in a few years, the interior diameter and altitude 
of the hives, will be equal to sixteen inches, for each box; 
and the increase of the population will be in the same 
ratio of progression. oe 
Bach box having attained the diameter of sixteen inches, 
and an equal height, the pyramidal hive will have in its — 
interior, for working room, forty-eight inches elevation on — 
sixteen diameter; and the boxes harvested each year, will ; 
contain from ninety to a hundred pounds. Such is the — 
great product from bees, (by following this process,) in 
countries where perpetual spring prevails, and even in 
those where buckwheat and other flowering vegetables are _ 
cultivated. eee 
The maximum of the interior height and diameter of one 
box, is sixteen inches, and the minimum, ten inches. An 
amateur indeed, might make experiments for his amuse- 
ment, to enlarge his boxes beyond the maximum of-sixteen 
inches. He would doubtless obtain much more honey, but ~ 
rarely any swarms: because then the bees of each year 
would be kept by the mother colony, whose labours would — 
. increase, im proportion to the enlargement of the box, put — 
under in the spring. ‘This enlargement of the boxes, ought 
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