4 
yet it is found by various and repeated trials, that this 
size is the most profitable. The drawers are number- 
ed corresponding with the quantity it lakes to fill the 
chamber, to wit, No 1 is 12 nnd 1-2 inches wide, 14 
inches long, and 6 inches high when finished, and 
fills tho chamber very looso so as to render its remo- 
val easy when necessary. This drawer should never 
be used oxcept for transferring bees, and dividing 
them inasmuch as its size will enable the swarm to • 
locate in it, raiso young bees, deposit bread, and thus 
defeat the whole design of the chamber which is to ? 
procure puro honey unadulterated by any organized * 
operation of tho bees. 
The chamber of the hive is 13 inches wide, 14 in* 
•hes deep and 6 and 1-4 inches high in the clear. 
No. 2 drawers are 6 and 1-4 inches wide, 14 in- 
ches long and 6 inches high on the outside when fin- 
ished, two of which fills tho chamber, and are the 
most profitable wood boxes for ordinary uses, inas- 
much as bees will make more honey in these sized 
drawers than any other. 
No. 4 drawers are the same size of No. 2, seven in- 
ches long only. No. 8 drawers are the same size as 
No* 4. half the width only. No. 16 are half the size 
of No. 8, half their height only, with an aperture 
through the top as well as the bottom of tho lower 
box, as one is placed directly over the other when in J 1 
the hive. All drawers of a smaller size than No. 9, 
