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CHAPTER VIII. 



INSPECTION CASE FOR BEEHIVES. 



AN observatory hive is an expensive luxury that 

 few amateur bee keepers can afford ; and although 

 an inspection case (Fig. 76) will not take its place 

 for exhibition purposes it will be found useful 



Fig. 76. Inspection Case for Beehives. 



when showing the working of a hive to timid per- 

 sons, or for examining the frames on a cold day 

 when there is danger of the brood being chilled, 

 or the queen blown off the comb. It will also 

 be found useful to those bee keepers who strongly 

 object to being stung. The frames may be lifted 

 one after another into the case and examined on 



