. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 1!) used for hives 14 inches square and 8 inches deep, dove- tailed, could, by making them moveable on top, be used for the doubling or Stewarton principles, or could you sug- gest a better use ? 2nd. Whether if bars are across the hive the combs will be built as straight as along, and whether the hive side should be raised for swarms '. 3rd. Do you intend two stands to be used, back and front, and fastened to the hive, or if one how prevent it toppling over? (See May journal, 1878.) 4th. In making co
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 1!) used for hives 14 inches square and 8 inches deep, dove- tailed, could, by making them moveable on top, be used for the doubling or Stewarton principles, or could you sug- gest a better use ? 2nd. Whether if bars are across the hive the combs will be built as straight as along, and whether the hive side should be raised for swarms '. 3rd. Do you intend two stands to be used, back and front, and fastened to the hive, or if one how prevent it toppling over? (See May journal, 1878.) 4th. In making comb-foundation is anything used to soften the natural wax, as oil, and what ? —In asking the last question I may be trespassing on your generosity and willingness in giving your ex- perience and thought so cheaply; if so, of course, don't answer it. The comb-foundation (Raitt's) seems too pli- able for pure wax. Although my bees have been, hitherto, expenditure without any return, I am constrained to keep on. I have six healthy stocks to commence with and hope for the best. My best, earliest, and strongest stock is composed of four stocks united in bar-frame, saved from destruction by brimstone, so I am no loser by taking the B. B. J.—A Wrekin Boy. Reply to Query No. 307.— 1st. By cutting slots in the tops of the box-hives to permit the passage of the bees they might be used for storifying either on the Stewarton or the doubling principle, but we should infinitely prefer to take the crowns oil the box-hives altogether, and then, by reducing the height of the front and back a i inch, make room for frames, and at once achieve mobility of combs—the great desideratum in bee-keeping. Anyone having a (sizeable) box may, by adopting the above sug- gestion, make it fit to receive bar-frames ; and it is only requisite that there should be a J inch space (no more or less) between the frame-ends and the back and front of the box, and between the bottom rail of the frame and. th
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