BEE-CULTURE. 
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glass. The posts are best made of linu or other soft wood. 
If many are to be made the posts should be steamed or putin 
hot water to soften them, then holes to receive the tin 
punched with a thin punch similar to a shingle punch ; bore 
a hole in the centre of the bottom 3 the box turned upside 
down shuts the bees down 3 to get the honey out bend the 
tin and take the glass from all sides, this can be done and 
the glass replaced with less risk of breaking than in any other 
arrangement ; four such boxes go to one hive. Honey taken 
to a good market in such boxes will sell for several cents per 
pound more than in wooden boxes, as it pleases the eye as 
well as the taste j such a box is very light, weighing about a 
pound, and contains six pounds of honey which suits most of 
customers. It will sell thus without deduction for the weight 
of the Sox, as it is a' convenient arrangement to keep it in. 
You thus get paid the price of the box ; however, if the box 
is returned it can be paid for. It is thought that bees will 
make more honey in larger boxes, and some prefer making 
one the size of two of these. This is conveniently done by 
cutting the 10x12 glass in .too lengthwise for side pieces and 
makin” the top and bottom pieces twelve aud one-fourth 
inches long. If the honey is altogether for home consump- 
tion the boxes could be made the same size of wood, or with 
glass in one end. This plan has the disadvantage of not ad- 
mitting inspection on all sides to see when they are lull. 
Honey°should be taken as soon as the boxes are full as it be- 
comes darker the longer it stands on. Empty boxes should 
be put on immediately to be filled, if the bees are still mak- 
ing honey. To take the honey remove the boxes and carry 
them to a cellar or dark room, and leave them bottom up, 
and the bees will generally all come out and go to their hive 
within a few hours. If the bees will not leave there is reason 
to believe that the queen is with them, aud she should be 
looked for. 
Do not take honey at night. Bees’seem instinctively to 
know that this looks rascally and will resent it with double 
the stinging they would in day time. 
THE CAP OR COVER 
Should be made to fit over the honey boxes to keep, them 
dark bees work best in the dark. Make it thirteen inches 
