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ing in the dark. Taken under the protection of 

 man, they will remain in any kind of dwelling ap- 

 propriate to their purpose, and hives have been 

 made of wood, for example, of a cask ; of wicker 

 work plastered, and of straw : the latter material in 

 England particularly, has long had the preference. 

 There are glass hives, for the purpose of inspection. 

 Common straw hives are to be had in any part of 

 the country ; in London the price of them is half a 

 crown, and three shillings per Ib. extra for any glass 

 in them which may be required. 



Apiarians have not yet agreed on the most ad- 

 vantageous form of the hive, a great number of 

 them tasking their invention, and each recommend- 

 ing his own form. Mr. Huish, as the last, ought to 

 be, on that account, and from his great practice is, 

 most to be depended on in this particular. Indeed, 

 he is the author to be studied by those who are 

 ambitious of obtaining a complete theoretical and 

 practical knowledge of bees ; his Cottager's Manual, 

 and that of Isaac's, being equally convenient for 

 those to whose use they are addressed. The Huish 

 hive is conical, and approaches to a square as 

 nearly as the materials will admit of, having a con- 

 vex top or cover, with the great convenience of 

 being moveable, and which is sufficiently plastered 

 to prevent the admission of light into the hive. 

 This hive is materially calculated for the plan of 

 deprivation and preserving the bees. On either 

 plan it appears also to be superior. Mr. Huish, as 

 Mortimer formerly, decries the common method of 

 placing hives upon benches, from the dangerous 



