zie STATISTICAL SURVEY 



except from the fuperior management of two gentle- 

 men, who conduct this branch of rural economy with 

 as much fldll as humanity; by the favour of one of 

 thofe gentlemen, I made drawings of the hives and 

 glafles ufed by them, and which they find to anfwef 

 perfectly. By infpecling thofe drawings with the fol- 

 lowing references^ I fhould hope the mode would be 

 intelligible* 



No. i. is a hive, made without a top, inflead of 

 which it is covered with No. 2., having a grate in it 

 for the bees to pafs through. In this hive the bees are 

 placed at fwarming, inftead of the ufual conical hive. 

 The grate is covered with paper until the evening, 

 when the hive is fet on the ftand, at which time No. 4. 

 is put over the grate. Nos. 3. and 4. form the hive 

 fet up with its glafs over the grate of No. 2.; No. 5. a 

 common hive to cover No. 4., which, when filled, may 

 be removed ; and No.x'. another glafs, which may be 

 put in its place; this, being open at top, may be co-> 

 vered with No. 7., in which are holes, that may have 

 over each of them a glafs, Nos. 8., and which the bees 

 will fill; thefe No. 8. glafles may be taken away at 

 . pleafure, putting on frefh ones as they are taken away, 

 By this method the neceflity of killing the bees (unlefs 

 from accident) to obtain their honey is totally done 

 away; for the firft glafs or hive, that is put over the 

 grating, is of fuch a fize as to allow them, after it is 

 filled, fufficieut time to fill another for their own fup- 



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