munuQ-. 4f 
down in the middhe, the pith zr$ 
tnrk being taken away, and reclti- 
cad to such a size as easily to go 
in-at the door cf your hives. Their 
length should be 7 or 8 inches, they 
should he flatted a little on the 
bottom, to make them sit steady, 
-od tneir end should he closed up 
with putty op cement. Tness 
troughs, by passing -fat into the 
hive, enable the tees to coir a 
down to feed without charge? of 
cold: they ate -also too narrow to 
smother tkemsekes iu. li tne combs 
will net Ut it in, cut a passag? 
tor it with a long thin rrnii-r* 
