. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. inches lone; and seventeen wide, and set them against the nails 0, D, with one edge standing on the bottom, and fasten them in their place by a thin wedge or a nail; and take a board that will reach across or cover the top, with any aperture through the top board covered with wire gauze for ventilation, desired by the opera- tor. We then have the bees in the central apartment for winter. In the early part of the honey season remove the movable partitions, and place the surplus honey boxes, so that the inner ends, shall oc
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. inches lone; and seventeen wide, and set them against the nails 0, D, with one edge standing on the bottom, and fasten them in their place by a thin wedge or a nail; and take a board that will reach across or cover the top, with any aperture through the top board covered with wire gauze for ventilation, desired by the opera- tor. We then have the bees in the central apartment for winter. In the early part of the honey season remove the movable partitions, and place the surplus honey boxes, so that the inner ends, shall occupy precisely the place of the inner side of the movable partition, as shown in fig. 2, and the hive is prepared for the summer labor of the colonjr. If any prefer frames in another form, or pre- fer bars to the manipulation of frames, every one can build to his own preference. The boxes may be of any desired number or size. I have the boxes I now make for use, six inches long, six inches wide, and five and a half inches high, outside measurement. The arrangement of the boxes, as is seen, is to place one upon another, forming upon both sides of the central apart- ment a wall, and enclosing it. I build hives of three sizes. One size with two six-inch boxes side by side—that is, twelve inches wide with ten eleven and a quarter inch frames sixteen and a half inches high, and eighteen top boxes; the top boxes longer than the side boxes, giving about one hundred and ten pounds surplus. One with these boxes side by side, twenty-seven boxes, giving nearly or quite one hundred and fifty pounds, if full, (see fig. 2) ; and another with four boxes side by sir'e, making thirty-six boxes, capable of con- taining about two hundred pounds of surplus. Each is built in the same manner as the medium hive illustrated. I have in reserve, for room, if I find it desirable, to add five and a half inches to the height of my hives, and when the top boxes are partly filled, raise them and place anot
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