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36 BEE-CULTURE. . 
model can be safely dispensed with. Hach part is essential to its suc- 
cessful operation. The tongues in the upright joints are to be well 
coated over with white paint before the hive is put together. The 
inner surfaces of the double set of cleats, between which the movable 
slide or bottom is inserted, are to be coated over in the same manner 
before they are attached to the sides of the hive; the object of which 
is to imprison more effectually than would otherwise be done, the 
animal heat of the Bees. ‘The door is not to be protected in this man- 
ner, inasmuch as the joints, which it makes with the sides of the hive, 
do not communicate directly with the interior. Neither wax nor 
warmth being found in them, the Bee-moth is not prompted to deposit 
its eggs there. The nails are to be set in and puttied over, and the 
exterior of the hive is to be most thoroughly painted with white lead 
and oil, and thus prepared for exposure to the. weather. It should be 
painted annually, in November or March, for three or four years; sub- 
sequently once in two years. The zinc plates or protectors are set in 
a saw-calf. The holes in the sides of the hive for the insertion of the. 
comb supporters should be bored only one half-inch deep, so as not to 
‘make an external opening. It is better to make one hive, which will 
answer the purpose of a hive for a century, than to half make a new 
one once in eight or ten years, which will noi, even while it lasts, answer 
the purpose for which it is used. 
HIVING. 
General directions as to the mode of procedure in this operation have 
already been given. ‘The tin slides should be in place to prevent the 
Bees from ascending into the chamber. If the hive is clean, no further 
preparation is necessary to render it fit for use. The movable slide or 
bottom is to be removed entirely from the hive, and then proceed as 
already directed, or as with a common box hive, being careful to place 
the hive in the shade, unless you wish the Bees to leave it. At night, 
when the Bees have taken possession, or are quietly clustered in a mass 
at the top of the main body of the hive, as may be seen by opening the 
door, the bottom of the hive is to be returned to its place. A rope or 
strap is now to be placed around the hive perpendicularly, and the ~ 
hive and Bees are to be weighed. ‘The weight of the hive having been 
previously ascertained, and placed upon the memorandum, the weight 
