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Double hires, preferable to plank. Made warm in Winter by packing. Double 

 hives, inside may be of glass, 121. Advantages of glass over wood, 122. Ad- 

 vantages of double glass. Disadvantages of double hives in Spring. Avoided by 

 the improved hive, 123. Covered Apiaries exclude the sun in Spring. Reaffon 

 for discarding them. Sun, its effect in producing early swarms in thin hives. 

 Protected hives fail for want of sun. Enclosed Apiaries, nuisances. Thin hives 

 ought to be given up, they are expensive in waste of honey and bees, 124, Com- 

 parative cheapness of new and old hives, 125. Protector against injurious 

 weather. Proper location of bees. Preparations for setting hives, 196. Protec- 

 tor should be open in Summer and banked in Winter. Cheaper than an Apiary. 

 Summer air of Protector like forest air. In Winter uniform and mild, 127. Bees 

 will not be enticed out in improper weather. Secures their natural heat. Dead 

 bees, &;c., to be removed in Winter. Temperature of the Protector, 128. Im- 

 portance of the Protector. Its economy in food, 129. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Ventilation. Artificial ventilation produced by bees. ' Purity of air in the 

 hive, 130. Bad air fatal to bees, eggs and larvs, 131. Bees when disturbed need 

 much air. Dysentery, how produced. Post mortem condition of suffocated 

 bees, 132. Great a nnoyance of excessive heat. Bees leave the hive to save the 

 comb. Ventilating instinct wonderful, 133. Should shame man for his neglect 

 of ventilation. Comparative expense of ventilation to man and bees, 134. Im- 

 portance of ventilation to man. Its neglect induces disease, 135. Plants can- 

 not thrive without Vree air. The union of warmth and ventilation in Winter 

 an important question. House-builder and stove-maker combine against IVesh 

 air. 136. Run-away slave boxed up. Evil qualities of bad air aggravated by 

 heat. Dwellings and public buildings generally deficient in ventilation. Degen- 

 eracy will ensue, 137. Women the greatest sufferers. Necessity of reform, 138. 

 Public buildings should be required to have plenty of air. Improved hive, its 

 adaptedness to secure ventilation, 139. Nutt*s hive too complicated. Ventila- 

 tion independent of the entrance, 140. Dire may be entirely closed without in- 

 commoding the bees. Ventilators should be easily removable to be cleansed. 

 Ventilation from above iujurious except when bees are to be moved, 141. Vari- 

 able size of the entrance adapts it to all seasons. Ventilators should be closed 

 !n Spring. Downing on ventilation, (note,) 142. 



CHAPTER X. 



Swashing A-NS Hiving. Bees swarming a beautiful sight. Poetic descrip- 

 tion by Evans. Design of swarming, 143. The honey bee unlike other insects 

 in its colonizing habits. It is chilled by a temperature below 50 deg. Would 

 perish in Winter if not congregated in masses. Admirable adaptation, 144, 

 Swarming necessary. Circumstances in which it takes place. June the swarm- 

 ing month. Preparations for swarming. Old queen accompanies the first 

 swarm. Noinfalliblesignsof 1st. swarming, 145. Fickleness of bees about swarm- 

 ing. Indications of swarming. Hours of swarming, 146. Proceedings within the 

 hive before swarming. Interesting scene. Bells and frying-pans useless, 147. Neg- 



