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prevent the combs from slipping down, when they 
happen to be made, to have the edges supported. The 
objections are, that filth from the bees will not fall as 
readily to the bottom as if every side was perpendicu- 
lar, and the extra trouble in constructing. 
INCLINED BOTTOM-BOARDS DO NOT THROW OUT ALL THE WORMS. 
Inclined bottom-boards form the basis of one or two 
patents, said to be good to roll out the worms. I can 
imagine a pea rolling off such a board ; but a worm 
is not often found in a rolling condition. Most of us 
know, that when a worm drops from the combs, it is 
like the spider, with a thread attached above. The 
only way that I can imagine one to be thrown out by 
these boards, is to have it dead when it strikes it, or 
so cold that it cannot spin a thread, and wind to shake 
the board, till it rolls off. The objections to these 
boards are coupled with the suspended hive, with 
which they are usually connected. 
OBJECTIONS TO SUSPENDED HIVES. 
All suspended hives must he objectionable lo any one 
who wishes to know the true condition of his bees at 
all times. Only think of the trouble of unhooking the 
bottom-board, and getting down on your back, or 
twisting your neck till your head is dizzy, to look up 
among the combs, and then see nothing satisfactory 
for want of light ; or to lift the hive from its support- 
ers, and turn it over. The operation is too formida- 
ble for an indolent man, or one that has much other 
business. The examination would very probably be 
