5 
should be made with glass sides and' ends and no 
drawers or boxes of less size than No 4 should bo used 
for any pn r |iosc except for curiosity. The bee mnnager 
will not often obtain any honey in tho top box No. 16 
unless he attaches comb to the under side of the cover 
of the same, which is easily done by filtering on a lit* 
tie melted bees wax, then carefully stick on tho bit of 
empty comb. — It is found by doing this that tho la- 
bors of the bees arc greatly facilitated in any drawe r * 
When bits of comb arc thus attached to the top board 
the bees will make more honoy in a season on account 
of the extreme difficulty of making the wax adhere to 
the new wood at their commencement inasmuch as 
this difficulty is partially removed by this process ; 
besides, the Apiarian can give his bees a direction in 
building their combs by the pieces he attaches to the 
box. A hivo should be planed smooth inside and ou; 
and painted, or whitewashed with liino on its outside. 
The inside should bo rubbed with cold bees wax and 
the under side of the chamber floor should be scratched 
with a sharp scratch so as to raise little ridges to en- 
able the bees to hold on without falling suddenly up*, 
on the bottom board. As one of the most important 
uses of slicks in a bee hive is to sustain the woight of 
the bees while they are building down theii combs, it 
is believed that boards 3 inches wide in the centre ta- 
pering nearly to a point at each ond, is not too wide 
and should be placed in the best possible manner to 
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