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HIVES. 
to have some to spare. I am not sure, but it would 
pay to make hives in this way, even if glass boxes 
were never used; the rabbetiug prevents light as well 
as water from passing under the cover; imagine a box 
set on a plain board nailed on for a top, without the 
rabbeting; the warping or bending admits the light 
and water, especially when hives are out in the wea- 
ther, (and I shall not recommend any other way of 
keeping them.) 
COVER FOR IIIVES. 
I have termed the cap or box a cover; but this 
should also be covered with a board laid on, if 
nothing else. A good roof for each hive can be 
made by fastening two boards together like the roof 
of a building; let it be about 18 by 24 inches; it being 
loose, can be changed in accordance with the season ; 
in spring, let the sun strike the hive ; but in hot wea- 
ther let the longest end project over the south side, 
&c. You can ornament this hive, if you choose, by 
mouldings or dentals, under the top, where it projects 
over the body of the hive, also the cap can have the 
top projected a little and receive the same addition. 
JARS AND TUMBLERS — HOW PREPARED. 
When jars, tumblers, or other vessels, that are all 
glass, are used, it is absolutely necessary to fasten as 
many pieces of combs as you wish made, in the top, for 
a beginning, or fasten a piece of wood there ; as they 
seldom commence building on glass, without a start. 
Some of you may have seen paraded at our fairs, 
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