. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. BEE-KEEPING. 449 the perforation correspond as nearly as possible with the bramble-splits, which are to be drawn through them. The stitch-holes in the hoop should be filled with putty after the hive is finished. The bars should be of the same width, and placed at the same distances from each other as recommended for the boxes ; and the top of the hive should be so constructed as to form a rabbet for the ends of the bar to rest on. This is sometimes accomplished by having a
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. BEE-KEEPING. 449 the perforation correspond as nearly as possible with the bramble-splits, which are to be drawn through them. The stitch-holes in the hoop should be filled with putty after the hive is finished. The bars should be of the same width, and placed at the same distances from each other as recommended for the boxes ; and the top of the hive should be so constructed as to form a rabbet for the ends of the bar to rest on. This is sometimes accomplished by having a band of straw worked round the top exterior, and upon a level with the usual finishing band, surmounting this with another round, corre- sponding in diameter with the thickness of the bars,—namely, half an inch. This obviates the necessity for stopping with cement as completely as the rabbet of a wooden box, and gives a finished appearance to the hive,—the two bands forming a cornice round it. The direction of the bars should always be from front to back. Centre-boards and floors, with sunk entrances, will be equally advantageous for storifying hives; as for boxes, the outside covers should be made of straw like round mats, wide enough to extend beyond the edges of the hives. Those who wish glass windows in straw hives may accom- plish this object by cutting through several of the bands of straw in two places, three or four inches asunder. Mr. Golding effects this by thrusting* two strong wooden skewers through the bands of the hive, a little further apart than the desired width of his windows: these give such firmness to the jjart, as to admit of the openings being cut with tolerable precision. The windows are generally cut opposite the entrance, and about the centre; but they may be made at any part of the hive. The ends of the cut straw bands may be secured by packthread, or softened flexible wire, the panes of glass fastened with putty, and the light excluded by a wood
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