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honey is out, and the bees cannot creep up the sides 
of tin very easily. Another thing, there is nothing to 
prevent the bees from making their combs to the bot- 
tom of this dish, two inches below the bottom of the 
hive ; these things are to be prevented. Get out two 
pieces of half-inch board, ten inches long, one to be 
two inches wide, the other one and a half inches. With 
a coarse or thick saw, cut channels in the side of the 
strips, one-fourth inch deep, three-eighths or half an 
inch apart, crosswise the whole length. You will then 
want a number corresponding to the places sawed, of 
very thin shingles, or strips, say one-eighth of an inch 
thick, and one and three-fourths wide, and nine and a 
half long ; these are to stand edgewise in the dish ; the 
first two are to hold them in the channels at the ends. 
The narrow one needs a block one-half inch square, 
nailed on each end; on the edge, a strip of wire cloth 
is then nailed on, making the whole width just two 
inches. This is now put in the dish, wire cloth at the 
bottom, two inches from one end; two pins to act as 
braces will keep it there; the other wide one is placed 
against the other end, and pressed down even with the 
top of the dish. The thin pieces are now slipped into 
