. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. IIIVE-MAKING. 140 linE-MAKING. hive, ]>„.x2Mxi8',. Hniibet the inner conicis, lip | in regard to making hives with saws nm bv and down, ?.ix?8; make a ventilator in eaeli piece, 8, 'a X1 XaCa. On one corner of eacli. rabbet on '.i, and in 's for the glass. Movable cover, 21'a xl'4 x'i. holes may be made in this cover, over which (class receptacles for honey nuiy le placed. Glass, two panes, ft'J X 18'.. Ali^htinif-board, ixi'j .v'.. The clamps on base-board, 4'i x 3x ';. Chimps on cover, and le
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. IIIVE-MAKING. 140 linE-MAKING. hive, ]>„.x2Mxi8',. Hniibet the inner conicis, lip | in regard to making hives with saws nm bv and down, ?.ix?8; make a ventilator in eaeli piece, 8, 'a X1 XaCa. On one corner of eacli. rabbet on '.i, and in 's for the glass. Movable cover, 21'a xl'4 x'i. holes may be made in this cover, over which (class receptacles for honey nuiy le placed. Glass, two panes, ft'J X 18'.. Ali^htinif-board, ixi'j .v'.. The clamps on base-board, 4'i x 3x ';. Chimps on cover, and ledges on hive, 4 pieces, 4'i x ', x '.. Yoli see, it is simply a one-comb liive, made so as to hold a single L. frame. The two sheets of glass are just ii in. apart, and, with a nice frame of comb built out on wired it makes a pretty siglit to set in the window. With a moderate numlier of bt es in the liive. the queen is always to be seen, either on one side of the comb or tlie other. To put the hives in place, raise the window enough to let the bottom-board catch over the window- sill ; then let it down, placing a strip of wood on each side, so as to close the openings. The way to get bess into it is to take a frame of hatching bees from any hive, with all the ad- hering bees and queen. If y hive, and take out a frame, witliout disturb- ing the (lueen in her duties, that each hive is itself almost an observalorv-hive. It is now iMay, 1884, and many llijngs in the bee biisiiuss have develoiu'd fai b'jond my greatest anticipations. Kspeeial!y Is this the case with hive-making. Siniplicll> hives are now made and shlpptd by tlie car- load fioinmany points in the I'liiled States, and they are also beginning to be used ex- tensively ill many foreign ccnintries. We have sent large shipments to the .Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, and other remote points of the world. ThechalT hive has also obtained great favor in cold climates, or where dilliculty is experienced in winterin
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