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not have the edges rabbeted so that the parts overlap when placed 

 in position. Each of these hives is made in several patterns with 

 a variety of fixtures, to suit the fancy of the purchaser. 



Much pleasure may be had and information gained by the study 

 of bees kept in an observation hive. Such a hive is shown in Fig. 

 3. It is constructed with glass sides and holds a single frame of 

 comb. At B is a sliding box covered with wire cloth ; this can be 

 raised or lowered to open or close the entrance to the front of the 

 hive. At A is shown a feeder, consisting of a bottle through the 

 stopper of which is a glass tube one-half inch in diameter. The 

 bottle, after being filled with a saturated solution of granulated 

 sugar in water, is inverted and the glass tube placed in an opening 

 in the cover, protected on the inside by means of a piece of wire 

 cloth. As fast as the bees remove the syrup from the end of the 

 tube, air enters the bottle and more syrup runs down upon the 

 wire cloth. 



The hive should be arranged so that the sides may be covered 

 to keep out the light when the bees are not under observation, 

 otherwise the glass will be covered with wax and glue by the bees 

 for the purpose of darkening the hive. 



When a frame of brood covered with bees provided with a queen 

 is placed in this glass-walled hive it is possible to observe them at 

 their work. The movements of the queen may be watched as she 

 travels over the comb depositing eggs in the empty cells. The de- 

 velopment of the eggs into larvae and later pupae, the capping of 

 the brood and its escape from the cells when fully developed, the 

 storing of the honey and pollen, and all may be studied at will. 

 If the queen is removed the process of queen cell building and the 

 rearing of the new queen may be observed at every stage. 



Such a hive may be placed in a living room, school-room or other 

 place desired, and the bees be allowed to fly to the fields through 

 a convenient opening made in the wall, window sash or frame. 

 Whenever the comb is fully built down and completly filled with 

 honey and brood it is necessary to replace it with a new sheet of 

 comb, upon which there is room for the bees to work, otherwise 

 the queen, finding her quarters restricted, will leave the hive, 

 taking most of the bees with her, to go in search a of more com- 

 modious habitation. If a sufficient number of bees do not remain 

 to mature the brood, or in case no newly laid eggs are present in 

 the hive from which a new queen may be reared, the swarm will 

 perish. 



The writer is an enthusiast over bee keeping, having, during his 

 few years' experience with bees, derived a small profit and a large 



