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A', represents one of the heavy outer 

 doors, and B, the liglit door with glass sash; 

 these doors are the sanity on botli the east 

 and west sides of the building. G, is the 

 shelf that runs entirely around the room, 

 on which the hives are placed. It is al)out 

 S}4 ft. from the floor, and should be about 

 18 in. wide. The hives are made by a 

 simple division board E, that holds a pair 

 of metal rabbets on its upper edge, one fac- 

 ing each way; the combs are hung on these, 

 and when all are in place, a sheet of glass, 

 F, bound with tin around its edges, closes 

 the hive by being hung in the rabbets the 

 same as are the frames. The top of the 

 hive is closed by the usual sheet of duck. 

 During winter and spring, the bees are pro- 

 tected by thick chatf cushions laid on tlie 

 duck sheets. It will be seen that these 

 sheets of glass face the spectator on all 

 sides of the room, and when during the 

 working season, we can see the bees tilling 



DIAGKAM OF INTEKIOK. 



sections and building comb just back of 

 these glass division boards, the effect is 

 more beautiful than can well be imagined. 

 The room should afford as few corners 

 where stray bees may get a lodging, as pos- 

 sible, and to this end, we close the triangu- 

 lar corners by bits of board I, I. They may 

 have a knob on top, and these boxes will 

 then serve for little cupboards in which to 

 keep various utensils. If the room is open 

 a great deal, the bees are inclined to waste 

 time in buzzing against the glass, therefore 

 it may be well to have a cloth curtain to 

 drop over them, except when we wish to 

 examine the progress of the colony. 



To prevent the house from becoming 

 damp, we need a ventitator H, in the centre 

 of the ceiling, about a foot square, and we 

 can also have a trap door In the centre of 

 the floor to admit cool air from the cellar, 

 during very hot weather. D, is the door- 

 step, and the entrances are shown through 

 the walls, just by the battens. It will be 

 observed that the middle hive on each side, 

 has its entrance through, or rather under 

 the batten; this is that the bees may have 

 an additional mark for their own hive, for 



the entrances— 3 in. auger holes— at the 

 sides, are made at the right and left of the 

 battens. This plan seems to work well, for 

 we have lost fewer queens in the house 

 apiary than from any of our out-door hives. 

 The battens are also a shade darker in 

 color, than the rest of the house; thus mak- 

 ing them ornamental as well as useful. A 

 light drab is a very pretty color for such a 

 building. 



Besides the hives we have just described 

 on the shelf, we have precisely the same 

 arrangement of them on the floor, or if pre- 

 ferred, raised on a little platform a couple 

 of inches above tiie floor. In extracting, we 

 can get along very well with the lower tier, 

 by removing the sheet of glass, and shaking 

 tlie bees on the floor close to their combs; 

 with the upper ones, we find it best to 

 stand on a chair or box, and shake them on 

 top the frames close to the wall. If they 

 scatter about, and threaten to run all over 

 the walls and ceiling, take the next on the 

 other side, until they get back, assisting 

 them meanwhile with a little smoke. For 

 comb lioney, we work just as we do with 

 the out-door hives. 



Dr. Johann Dziekzon. — His Majesty, 

 the German Emperor and King, has bestow- 

 ed upon Dr. Dzierzon the Order of the 

 Crown, 4th class, in consideration of his 

 services in the elevation of bee-culture. 



Convention of German and Austri- 

 an Bee-Cui.turists.— The 22nd Wander- 

 snmmliing Deutcher und Oesterrelchis- 

 cJier Bicnenwlrthe will be held in the 

 Austrian city of Linz, on the Danube, Sept. 

 17 to 20, 1877, Foreign as well as native 

 bee-culturists are cordially invited to be 

 present and to exhibit bee products or 

 apiarian implements. These conventions 

 are often attended by 1,000 to 1,200 mem- 

 bers. 



Jt^" A. C. Atwood, Vanneck, Ontario, 

 Canada, is an agent for The American 

 Bee Journal, and will receive subscrip- 

 tions, etc., at our regular rates. 



^^ Some one has written us a postal 

 card from Texas, complaining that the May 

 and June numbers have not been received, 

 but signed no name— leaving it impossible 

 for us to attend to the business, till the 

 name of the subscriber is sent. 



Ht^" Demorest's Monthly Magazine of 

 Fashions is on our table, and is filled to 

 overflowing with choice matter valuable to 

 the ladies of every household. It is univer- 

 sally acknowledged to be the model parlor 

 magazine of America. Its subscription 

 price is $3.1.5, but we club it with the A. B. 

 J. and supply both tor §4.50 a year. 



