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be depended on in this particular. Indeed, he is the 

 author to be studied by those who are ambitious of 

 obtaining a complete theoretical and practical know- 

 ledge of bees ; his Cottager's Manual, and that of 

 Isaacs, being equally convenient for those to whose 

 use they are addressed. The Huish hive is conical, 

 and approaches to a square as nearly as the materials 

 will admit of, having a convex top or cover, with the 

 great convenience of being moveable, and which is 

 sufficiently plastered to prevent the admission of light 

 into the hive. This hive is materially calculated for 

 the plan of deprivation and preserving the bees. On 

 either plan it appears also to be superior. The hive 

 is furnished within with seven bars, on which the 

 bees are made to attach the combs, as between each bar 

 a piece of netting is placed, which prevents the bees 

 from fixing the foundation of their combs between the 

 intervals. Thus at any time, if a comb be wanted, 

 the bees are driven 

 from it, by means of 

 the fumigating bel- 

 lows, and being de- 

 tached from the bar, the bees proceed to fill up the 

 vacuum. In this manner the whole of the combs 

 may be extracted for the purpose of examination, and 

 replaced without ommitting the slightest injury to 

 the bees. Mr. Huish, as Mortimer formerly, decries 

 the common method of placing hives upon benches, 

 from the dangerous 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 in- 



