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Hiving. If bees light on the body of a tree, etc. a little smoke will cause them
to ascend upon a bunch of [crossed out: green] twigs with green leaves. The basket hiver
may often be elevated under them, and gently moved so that they will fall into it. 
A [crossed out: small] basket put up sideways on a pole ten or twelve paces from the apiary
and rubbed with balm will it is said entice the swarms to enter it. A writer in
the Cultivator says that when they attempt to leave they may be stopped by sending the image
from a piece of looking glass directly among them. A piece of comb in the hive especially
brood comb with eggs and young will be sure to prevent them from leaving the hive. 
April 18th, 1863. 
New hive. Let 1 be a divider if a movable end door is not used. 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. be frames with close fitting tops and
made to stand in the hive, kept away from front and
rear of hive, just far enough to prevent sides from being cemented. 
Tops close fitting, coming up to the level of front and rear sides of
hive. Boxes set on the tops of frames with apertures over (a, a) which openings covered
with strips when boxes not in use, claim [illegible] of close fitting tops with the
mode for getting surplus honey. 
(April 21, 1863) Tops close fitting, holes cut in frames, about one
New Hive. inch long, 1/4 inch wide, so as to give 1/2 inch bee passage, over space
back of frames (3/8 inches) and space between sides of frames 1/2 inch. These
will admit bees, heat and odor from the shallow chamber on sides of frames,
bees need not pass through comb, queen not likely to enter boxes. Tops of frames
may come almost to backs of rabbets, and if cut beveling need not pinch bees. 
Rabbets may be grooved. Tops of frames about 1 3/8 inches wide, holes cut thus, holes in boxes like those of 1863. 
A divider 7/8 inches with 1/2 inch space behind, when wedged frames cannot move, as they cannot move from
front to rear. In winter take out divider or set it close to end, spread frames just enough to let dampness
up, keep straw over them, can be examined readily as they are not cemented. To operate use smoke freely. 
Will bees work well in supers? Yes, warmed from tops of frames, heat, odor, bees freely admitted. Will manipulation
be more difficult? Practice must decide. If not, hive is much simpler. Getting rid of extra cementing of