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the stock. The top one, much smaller, and not so high, 

 is for the surplus honey, which the bees will carry up 

 when the population is becoming crowded below. 

 The middle and smallest is merely a covering for the 



FIG. 44. FLAT-TOPPED HIVE AND STRAW SUPER. 



other two, and for the sake of keeping all warm, 

 dry, and snug. 



An improved Cottager's Hive (Fig. 45) differs from 

 the preceding chiefly in the substitution of a glass for 

 a straw super, and the addition of a window at the 

 back, 1 closed by a door, for observing the internal 

 conditions of the stock portion. 



1 In the illustration the hive is turned round on the floor-board, to 

 show the window. 



