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in the top of the hive, (the top projecting out a little all round, 

 except behind,) and hitched to staples in rails about five feet 

 from the ground, the top of the hive five or six inches from 

 the rails. Over this stand is thrown a shed, (which has no 

 connection with it,) boarded to the ground on the back (north- 

 west,) side, but far enough from the hive for a passage between. 

 Hives about one foot apart on the stand. 



I have been thus particular with regard to my hives and 

 stand, for this reason : I have been very successful for six years, 

 and I can attribute it to no other cause than a " good rig." I 

 think very much of this mode of suspending the hives ; it is 

 calculated to keep them clear from all vermin, which like bees 

 much better than they like them. 



I have had seven new swarms this year, and have taken 

 from nine swarms two hundred and eighty-five pounds of 

 honey, reckoning thirty pounds in the hive which you see. 



My mode of management when they swarm, is to let them 

 alight, cut off the limb, put them on a table, or board, set the 

 hive on them, put a quilt over them, and leave them to go up 

 themselves ; and I never have lost a swarm when I have done so. 

 I have tried to " manage " a little with bees, but with little or 

 no success. I think the best way is to look to them often, 

 keep them clean as possible, and let them "manage " for them- 

 selves. 



With regard to the moth, I am inclined to think there is no 

 possible way to keep them clear from the bees ; I am troubled, 

 however, but very little with them. 



West Newbury, Sept. 24, 1851. 



Eldred S. Parker^s Statement. 

 I offer this honey, two boxes, for premium. I purchased a 

 swarm of bees of Rev. Dr. Perry, the 20th of June, and hived 

 them that evening in one of Breck's patent hives. They 

 went to work immediately, and in a fortnight had filled the 

 lower part of the hive ; then I let them into the upper boxes, 

 which they filled so that I removed them the 31st of July, re- 

 placing with others of the same size. The boxes which I pre- 

 sent for your inspection, weigh each twelve pounds. The hive 



