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The long room has two windows also with the glass 
arranged that no bees are ever found dead inside, as before 
‘mentioned. Stray bees are here disposed of before the 
honey goes into the safe. Between the latter and the 
outer door stands a table, 12ft. by 3ft. for general 
manipulations. On either side with intervening passages 
are shelves for storing crates and other materials. 
The larger shed has a span roof, 1oft. high at the 
centre, dropping to 8ft. at the sides, and upon turning 
to the right after entering by the outer door, we can pass 
into either of the parallel bee sheds, each of which is 8ft. 
high, dropping to 5ft.on the lower wall. The hives are 
situated all along inside the south wall, with flight holes 
cut through, and the outside of the same varied in 
appearance. Here no glass is used, but shutters provided 
at suitable intervals. 
The Advantages 
that can be claimed for a covered apiary are as follows :— 
The bees as well as the master have shade during the 
heat of the day at the season most attention is required. 
Shelter is afforded from wind and rain, so that any 
necessary work is carried on without hindrance; and lastly 
the entire arrangement provides for a great saving of time 
in that all is compactly arranged in the smallest convenient 
space. 
Provision is made for 150 colonies, and nuclei can be 
placed in narrow hives close to the walls about 4ft. from 
the ground, resting on the central rail of the frame-work. 
Bee-houses so-called, 
but being merely cupboards, with two or more rows of 
hives, leaving neither room for tiering nor ordinary 
manipulations, are not worthy a place in the modern 
