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THE GUIDE T< ) XATURE. 



A PASSE PARTOUT BEE-HIVE. 



Though it has a French}' name, it did 

 not come from France, but was designed, 

 and constructed in a back yard in Yan- 

 keedom. 



And the designing and constructing 

 were not elaborate, though the results 

 were effective and wonderfully interest- 



are not fussy in this respect. In fact 

 the more rustic and heterogeneous the 

 arrangement the better they seem to like 

 it. Invert the box, which has no cover, 

 open side downwards. And set the 

 whole thing on an ordinary bottom 

 board. 



Either shake a queen and some of her 



THE PASSE PARTOUT BEE-HIVE. 

 Bees removed to show comb attachment. 



ing and instructive. You can do the following into this, 



whole thing as well as I, in just as sim- 

 ple a manner, and have just as much fun. 

 Recipe — Take five sheets of glass cut 

 the right size to form a box ; a few 

 sticks; a small roll of passe partout bind- 

 ing ; a board and a small colony of honey 

 bees. Mix in the following manner: 

 Fasten the five pieces of glass together 

 at the edges, box-like, by a strip of 

 passe partout binding on the inside of 

 the box," and another on the outside. 

 Cut a big hole in the center of the 

 board or bore several small holes. Tack 

 the sticks, as comb supports, above and 

 around the opening. Do this in any 

 fanciful manner that pleases you — and 

 it will doubtless please the bees. They 



or "swarm" into it 

 on a bright day in May or June, in the 

 usual manner — and "there you are." 

 This is the whole process. 



Now follows for weeks through top, 

 sides and ends, the observation of the 

 wonderful process going on within. If 

 the hive is in the house with entrance 

 through the side of the building, cover 

 the hive with cloth or blankets for dark- 

 ness and warmth. If the hive is out 

 doors, add a piece of table oilcloth and 

 fasten it down by a brick or a stone on 

 each corner. I prefer to have the hive 

 indoors, not alone because it is easier to 

 protect it from moisture, but because it 

 can there be easily watched by day and 

 night, and Sundays, too ! 



