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and fatal quarrels to which it exposes the bees, and 

 other objections, preferring to place them upon 

 separate stools or pedestals of wood, in addition to 

 which, Mr. Huish has invented a 

 chain, which encompasses the 

 hive, and is locked to the pedes- 

 tal as a security against robbers. 

 The back part of the hive may 

 be fixed within half an inch, or 

 an inch, of the edge of the pedes- 

 tal ; but in front, a space of three 

 or four inches is necessary as a 

 landing-place, on which the bees 

 may alight. 



The tin entrance, invented by Mr. Huish, of 

 which we adjoin a sketch, should be attached to 

 every hive. It consists of three tin slides, two of 

 which are perforated with small holes, and the third 

 has an entrance only sufficiently large to admit of 

 the ingress of one bee at a time. These slides are 

 raised or let down as the occasion may require, 

 and, in case of an attack from wasps or maurauding 

 bees ; or when snow is on the ground, at which time 

 the bees should be closely confined; the utility of this 

 machine will be at once discovered. 

 Mr. Huish mentions an instance of a 

 most extraordinary battle which he 

 once witnessed, by the bees of 28 

 hives furiously attacking each other/ 

 and he attributes the salvation of the hives entirely 

 to the use of this little instrument, for he was able 

 immediately to contract the entrances, so that only 



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