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t/2 Kentucky Bee-Hou^e. 



Vol. in„ 



val of time between the two explosions, dur- 

 ing which the rod could disarm the lower 

 cloud, it may be doubtful wliether one point 

 would be sufficient to avert the danger. 



Under these several circumstances it would 

 Beem that two or more rods would afford more 

 security than one — or at least over a wider 

 extent of surface. 



Additional points to the .same rod will an- 

 swer the same purpose as so many separate 

 K I) C B 



ones, provided the points occupy the same po- 

 sitions. Thus the rod A B, (fig. 45,) with its 



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Fig. 4G. 



curved branches C D and E, will afford the 

 same protection to any object beneath it as if 



Fig. 47. 



separate rods were erected at F G and H. — 

 This arrangement may therefore be adopted 

 when convenience or economy may recom- 



mend it — or when there is only one suitable^ 

 place to connect them ^vith the ground. 



There is reason to doubt wliether much ad- 

 vantage is gained by increasing the number 

 of points, as in fig. 46, unless they are .sepa- 

 rated to a considerable distance, as a single 

 point seems capable of di.scharjring an almost 

 unlimited quantity of electricity when placed 

 within its immediate reach. When mey c^n 

 be made to diverge to a distance, as in fig. 

 47, it may be attended w^ith material advan- 

 tage. 

 New Garden, 4th mo. 17th, 1839. 



A Keeitiicky Bce-IIociae. 



A former number of the Cultivator con- 

 tained a description of a bee-house, furnished 

 by Mr. F. S. Fisher, wliich, according to the 

 opinion of some who profess to be judges in 

 this matter, is commendable for its conveni- 

 ence and cheapness. For the benefit of our 

 readers we give the description and drawings. 



The building is twelve feet long, eight 

 wide, and seven feet high from the floor to 

 the plate or ceiling, (the floor being eighteen 

 inches from the ground,) and consists of four 

 posts, eleven feet six inches long, let in the 

 ground three feet, which is weather-boarded 

 round, and covered in so as to prevent the 

 bees from getting in the house, they being 

 confined in six boxes, three on either side of 

 the house, placed fifteen inches one above 

 another. This drawing (fig. 48) represents 

 one side of the house, viewed from the out- 

 side. 



Fig. 4?. 



Fig. 48, No. 1 1 are copper troughs running 

 round the post, half way between the floor 

 and ground, which are kept filled with water 

 to prevent ants and other insects from getting 

 in the house. No. 2. :$, and 4 are tubes eight 

 inclics wide, one-eighth of an inch deep, to 

 convey the bees through the wall into the 

 long boxes, and entering them at the bottom, 

 there being three to each long box. The 

 drawing, fig. 49, represents one side of the 

 house, viewed from the inside. No. 1, 2 and 

 3 are long bo.xcs, eighteen inches wide and 

 twelve deep, extending the whole length of 

 the hoii.^e, with eight holes, four inches square, 

 in each box, upon which is set two irallon 

 caps, with two half inch holes in each, one 



