HIVES. 99 



may be made at any part of the hive. The ends 

 of the cut straw-bands may be secured by stitches 

 of packthread, or, what is better, with softened 

 mole snap wire, and the panes of glass may be 

 fastened with putty. 



Out-door hives should have a protection not 

 only of straw caps, but of a shed also, which if 

 made open in. front only, would afford much shel- 

 ter against driving rains and high winds ; but the 

 most complete shed is made with folding or sli- 

 ding doors at the back, and is closed at the sides, 

 and in front, with the exception of such openings 

 as may be necessary for the entrance of the bees 

 and for their accommodation in bad weather. This 

 shed renders hackels unnecessary, and is adapted 

 either to storifying or single hiving. In the an- 

 nexed plate is a back view of it, with hives ar- 

 ranged in different ways. 



