. An encyclopædia of gardening; . of glass { b), in the top of the upper box, admits of seeing the progress the bees have made in it,without seiiarating it from the lower one. This pane is covered to exclude light and cold or heat by a smallshutter (c). When the swarm is first put into the lower box, the communication is shut with the ujiper,until the bees have completely filled the lower with combs. The communication is then to be opened,when the bees will ascend, and, if the season is favourable and the swarm numerous, they will fill it also,but not until they have completely stocked
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . of glass { b), in the top of the upper box, admits of seeing the progress the bees have made in it,without seiiarating it from the lower one. This pane is covered to exclude light and cold or heat by a smallshutter (c). When the swarm is first put into the lower box, the communication is shut with the ujiper,until the bees have completely filled the lower with combs. The communication is then to be opened,when the bees will ascend, and, if the season is favourable and the swarm numerous, they will fill it also,but not until they have completely stocked the lower. By removing the straw covering, and lookingthrough the glass in the upper box, it may be seen what honey has been collected. Should a part or thewholeof it be wanted, it will only be necessary carefully to separate the upper from the lower box, and shutthe board of communication. The upper box is then to be removed to some distance, and the bees con-tained in it driven off, on which they will immediately join their co
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