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In this method of managing, it will be seen, that there is 

 no necessity for the process of fire and brimstone for geting 

 rid of the Bees; a procedure equally cruel and destructive 

 of the race. 



Another method of taking the honey, without killing the 

 Bees, is by driving them out of the full hive, at night, into 

 aa empty one, with its bottom set on that of the other, in 

 the manner we have before mentioned ; and then, seting the 

 latter in the place where the former stood, they will soon 

 go to work again. This method is said to be considerabjy 

 practised in France. 



Mr. Deane recommends a method of management, which 

 should also be described ; though we consider it inferior to 

 that we have just recommended. 



He directs that three hives, fourteen inches in diameter, 

 and ten high, be set one on the other; the two lower ones 

 having holes in their tops, and sliding shutters, as before 

 mentioned. Each hive is also to have a place of entrance 

 for the Bees. The holes of the two ioVer hives are to be 

 open at the commencement of the season, when the Bees 

 will first fill the upper hive. 



When full, close the shutter below, and take this hive 

 away, and treat it in the manner before directed, and the 

 Bees will proceed to fill the next hive below. When this 

 is full, take it away, as before, and close the aperture in the 

 top of the lower hive, and the Bees will then proceed to fill 

 that with honey, which is to be left for their Winter- food. 



Mr. Deane says that this method prevents the Bees 

 swarming; but in this, we believe, he is mistaken. 



What induces us to prefer the plan we have recommend- 

 ed, is the purity of the honey and comb, as before stated, 

 and its freeness irom any mixture of bee-bread. The comb 

 is very thin and transparent, and the honey is perfectly 

 clear. 



Another sort of beehive is recommended in the Edin- 

 burg Encyclopedia, as being much approved in Scotland. 



This is a hive with a number of leaves joined together, 

 like the leaves of a book; each leaf being a frame, or piece 

 of lattice-work, sufficiently wide to hold one comb, and no 

 more. The hive is to be composed of a suitable number of 

 these leaves, which, like the leaves of a book, may be open- 

 ed at any place, in the front part, and the combs, formed in 

 any of them, taken away; which vacancy will be soon filled 

 again by the Bees. On opening these leaves, the Bees are 

 found to be very civil, or rather fearful ; owing perhaps to 

 the sudden influx of light which is thus occasioned. 



The principal advantages of the leaf hive seem to be, 

 the facility it affords for taking away a part of its contents, 

 at pleasure, and for examining the condition of the Bees, 



