Description of Two Kinds of Beehive. 



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of timber in the ground. It has a rural appearance, and is very 

 useful in affording fresh honey occasionally, without injuring the 

 bees. A door opens in the rear, and inside is a glass door, 

 which you can open to take out as many of the combs as you 

 wish. . The bees do not swarm, nor are they any trouble 

 after being once put into the hive, which is done in the same 

 way as with any other hive, by scenting the inside. The ends 

 are two round boards ; and rails of wood are nailed to these, 

 and strong canvass nailed round, leaving only the door. Two 

 slight iron hoops are nailed over the canvass, in order to 

 strengthen the rails, one going round at the top of the door, 

 and the other at the bottom, so that the door is between the 

 hoops. Another piece of canvass is then put over the first, 

 and nailed all round as before, which makes the frame quite 

 firm and strong. Now brush the canvass all over with thin 

 paste made of flour and water, in order to fill the canvass and 

 make it stiff, to keep the paint from going through the first 

 canvass next the honey ; and, when dry, give two coats of 

 white paint. When the paint is dry, lay the whole surface 



over with strong putty in 

 imitation of the bark of the 

 elm, ash, or any tree, to your 

 fancy. When dry, paint it as 

 like the colour as you can, 

 and stick pieces of moss and 

 lichen in the putty from the 

 trees. There may be some 

 fixture on the top, to throw 

 off the rain. This one has 

 a large cone of the stone 

 pine, for the bees to light 

 upon. 



The sticks are fixed cross- 

 wise, proceeding from the 

 three entrance holes to each 

 side of the door in the rear. 

 Currant bushes are growing 

 up the two sides, and a few 

 plants of thyme in front. 

 The bee-holes in the bark look like keyholes, and they, 

 being the same as in a door, and painted like bark, are not 

 noticed ; they have brass outside shuts in cold weather. 



Construction of a Beehive from which the Honey may be 

 taken without destroying the Bees. — Make a square hive of 

 straw ; when at the height of 5 in. work a floor of the same 

 all over, leaving three round holes in the middle, about half 



