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MANUAL OF THE 
RULE TWELFTH. 
On using the Hiver. 
This instrument is but little known among Apia- 
rians, and yet such is its simplicity, cost, and conveni- 
ence, that any man who has one swarm of Bees should 
have it and use it. 
A Hiver should be made of three pieces of thin 
boards 18 inches long, the top, 8 inches wide, the 
sides 5 inches wide. The top should be 4 an inch 
thick, the sides 1-4 of an inch thick, with two bars 
across the bottom to support the sides. There should 
be 6 or 8 half inch holes through , the top, to give the 
Bees rapid ingress. The boards should be rough, to 
enable the Bees to adhere to the box to prevent fall- 
ing. In the middle of the top board place an eye 
made of stout wire ; and then take a long piece of 
large wire, make one end last in the eye, and bend it 
so that it will come down over the side of the Hiver. 
Then prepare 3 or 4 handles of different lengths, and 
make holes in one end of each a trifle longer than 
your wire, say 4 inches deep. The wire can then be 
inserted in either handle, to accommodate the location 
of the swarm ; and when they have entered the Hiver, 
you can remove them to the Hive, without conveying 
the handle. 
