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It was a mistake dear friends, we ))votest it was, for we had not the remotest idea of ni:ikiiiii- a hnndsomc 

 hive. On the contrary we were hard at work tryinir to make something cheap; sometliiii-'- tli:i' \ i Id not 

 liave to be overhauled' every spring and fall, nor recimre an uni:ain!y box with its atti-ndaiit \\i\U i i I -ti i\\, 

 chrdt or sawdust ; and furthermore, that would not have to be luiiired in-doors and out to suit tht i iiuut- 

 nients of uncertain winters. As the hive irrew day by day, all out of cheap materials, and as u^ looked 

 ^doomy as insurnioinitable didiculties seemed to appear, and then smiled as tli.-y L'radualiy yielded, \v( ni \ - 

 er thought of its beins prettv. no, not even when we found we could lift the brood cond)s out without u- 

 moving the upper story, and lianir the same frames above, without liavinu- anytliiuir loose abom itlui. 

 When^'we suceeeiietl in makins a tiu-lit cover out of the very same cheap uuplaned billing, </{«» «< '•iw i 

 possiliility of a permanently locateil hi ic. tlia uiiitht be ornamental, aswrll. 8omo cheap moldnu M«ed 

 up into ii'ich pieces, made the brackets inuicr the eines, and th(! scissors and some brown papei ^oi n lui- 

 nis! ed the pattern for the scroll woik o\er the cMitraiice. Tins is sawed from .'■< inch pine, and f i^t< n 1 to 

 the hive with sc:'ews. So you see the "La" n lii\c'' is nothini!: more than ibc clrdf hive, with th( bi ckets 

 and .scroll work ; and our hoys will with lileasuro furnish th(;m jiamtiMt an i all com ilete like tlK ( t, foi 

 JCUO, or for $.i,UI) without the ornamental work. Without ehalf [lackin . .. ■ u be jut in any lime), "( c IBS'. 



