OBSERVING HIVES. 



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board being outside, and the whole arrangement such that 

 the bees may be inspected at all hours, day, or night, with- 

 out the slightest risk of their stinging. Two such hives 

 may be placed before one window, and put up or taken 

 down in a few minutes, without cuttmg or defacing the wood- 

 work of the house. 



Fig. 88. 



OBSERVING HIVE IN A WINDOW. 



("American Bee Journal.") 



An observing-hive will prove an unfailing source of pleas- 

 ure and instruction; and those who live in crowded cities, 

 may enjoy it to the full, even if condemned to the penance 

 of what the poet has so feelingly described as an "endless 

 meal of brick." The nimble wings of the agile gatherers 

 will quickly waft them above and beyond "the smoky 

 chimney-pots"; and they will bear back to their city homes 



