MR. BAGSTER S SYSTEM OF BEE HUSBANDRY. 



results are to be obtained, is the use of ventilation 

 it being averred, that the excessive heat and want of 

 room in a full hive, drives out the queen, who having 

 left the hive with her labourers, frequently sets the 

 example to others, and more especially, should many 

 eggs have been left in the cells, which are soon 

 hatched by the extreme heat of the hive. Mr. Bagster 

 has two of these hives at work, but, as they cost five 

 guineas each, it may be presumed they are on too 

 expensive a scale for the generality of country bee- 

 keepers, for whose convenience he has adapted the 

 principle to the old mode of culture, and has had his 

 stock in operation during two years, without swarm- 

 ing, although very strong. 



The same gentleman has also introduced an entirely 

 new hive, on the principle of ventilation, which for 

 ease of management, adaptation to the old modes, and 

 purity of the honey, he flatters himself to be the ne 

 plus ultra of bee husbandry. He designates it the 

 LADIES' SAFETY HIVE. It does not require a bee- 

 house, or any covering, but merely a post fixed in the 

 ground, having a level summit for the hive to stand 

 upon. The reader is farther referred to Mr. Bagster's 

 work on Bees, and to Messrs. Chubb and Co., seed 

 warehouse, Newgate Street, where he may have the 

 opportunity of seeing and examining the improved 

 hive. 



