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from which the wind blows. Another desideratum 

 1 have accomplished is, that of being able to weigh 

 the hive at any time with the greatest nicety, and to 

 know the weight of each day's produce, without dis- 

 turbing the bees in the least. The contrivances by 

 which these things have been effected will, I presume, 

 be readily understood by an inspection of the accom- 

 panying drawing. A represents a vane that turns 

 the house on the stage B, so that the entrance for 

 the bees at C is always from the wind ; D the centre, 

 which the house revolves on : E the place where the 

 wire is fixed, that is attached to the hive within the 

 house, which hive is made of straw in a conical form, 

 with a deal bottom ; F, a pin that passes through a 

 loop, so that the wind will not disturb the bees in 

 the hive. When I wish to know the weight of the 

 bees, I take out the pin F, and then place weights on 

 G H H, the beam. I is the beam pointer ; J the end 

 which takes out when I wish to change the hives. On 

 one edge are two pins, and on the other a lock. The 

 pins fit into the stile, so that my bees are quite safe 

 from intruders." 



Mr. Bagster, of Shepherd's Bush, a friend of the 

 publisher, has communicated a system of management 

 in the bee husbandry, said to be both a novelty and 

 an improvement. The following particulars are sub- 

 mitted to the consideration of the reader, with the 

 advice of an experimental test. The chief objects 

 of this plan are the prevention of swarming when 

 undesirable, and the excitement to swarm when 

 desired or needful, with a greater facility in taking 

 the honey. The mode by which these desirable 



