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SECURITY TIN ENTRANCE. 



vented a chain, which encompasses 

 the hive, and is locked to the 

 pedestal as a security against rob- 

 bers. The back part of the hive 

 may be fixed within half an inch, 

 or an inch, of the edge of the pe- 

 destal ; but in front, a space of three 

 or four inches is necessary as a 

 landing-place, on which the bees 

 may alight. 



The tin entrance invented by Mr. 

 Huish, of which we adjoin a sketch, should be attached 

 to every hive. It consists of three tin sliders, all of 

 them perforated with small holes, and one of them 

 has an entrance only sufficiently large to admit of 

 the ingress of one bee at a time. These slides are 

 raised or let down as the occasion may require, and 

 in case of an attack from wasps or marauding bees 

 or when snow is on the ground, at which time the 

 bees should be closely confined : the utility of this 

 machine will be at once discovered. Mr. 

 Huish mentions an instance of a most 

 extraordinary battle which he once wit- 

 nessed, by the bees of 28 hives furiously 

 attacking each other, and he attributes 

 the salvation of the hives entirely to the use of this 

 little instrument, for he was able immediately to 

 contract the entrances, so that only one bee could 

 enter at a time, and the besieged were, therefore, able 

 to beat off the besiegers with the loss of a very few 

 lives. 



The hives should be ranged in a right line, front- 



