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duce the second seeding in the second or third year. Further experiments 

 have shown that it is the lower seed which germinates first, the upper one 

 resting a year or more. \_Plant World, Oct. '06.] 



A Miniature Bee-Hive. The accompanying figures represent a minia- 

 ture bee-hive, devised last year by Dr. E. F. Bigelow, of St. Nicholas. The 



main body of the hive contains five frames, each one-third the size of the 

 standard Hoffman frame. The super contains sections about one-fourth the 

 size of familiar **pound sections." The chimney of this house-like hive is 

 really tue feeding tube. The hive illustrates the structure of regular hives. 

 Its small size makes it very convenient to handle and interesting to children. 

 A full description by the inventor has been written for Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture. It is manufactured by the A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



