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THE HIVE AND HuNEY-BEE. 
work to advantage in glass tumblers, or other small ves¬ 
sels. One of the most important arrangements of my hive, 
is that by which the heat passes into the upper recepta¬ 
cles for storing honey, as naturally as the warmest air 
ascends to the top of a heated room. 
33. It should permit the surplus honey to be taken 
away, in the most convenient, beautiful, and salable forms, 
and without risk of annoyance from the bees. 
In my hives, it may be made on frames in an upper 
chamber, in tumblers, glass boxes, wooden boxes, small or 
large, earthen jars, flower-pots, in short, in any kind of 
receptacle which may suit the fancy or convenience of the 
bee-keeper. Or these may all be dispensed with, and the 
honey taken from the interior of the main hive, by remov¬ 
ing the full frames, and supplying their places with empty 
ones. 
34. It should admit of the easy removal of good honey 
from the main hive, when its place can be supplied by 
the bees with an inferior article. 
In districts where buckwheat is raised, any vacancies 
made by removing the choice honey from the hive will 
be rapidly filled. 
35. When quantity and not quality is the object sought, 
it should allow the greatest yield, that the surplus of 
strong colonies may be given, in the Fall, to those which 
have an insufficient supply. 
]5y surmounting my hive with a box of the same dimen¬ 
sions, and transferring the combs to this box, the bees, 
when they build new comb, will descend and fill the lower 
frames, using, as first as the brood hatches, the upper box 
for storing honey. The combs in this box, containing a 
large amount of bee-bread, and being of a size adapted 
to the breeding of workers, will be very suitable for aiding 
weak colonies. 
