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rangement I attach an importance second only to my mova- 

 ble frames, and believe that combined with doubled hives, it 

 removes the chief obstacle to the successful cultivation of 

 bees in cold latitudes.* In the coldest regions where bees 

 can find supplies in Summer, they may during a Winter that 

 lasts from November to May, and during which the mercury 

 congeals, be kept as comfortable as in climates which seem 

 much more propitious for their cultivation. The more snow 

 the better, as it serves more the effectually to exclude the cold 

 from the Protector. However long and dreary the Winter, 

 the bees in their comfortable quarters feel none of its inju- 

 rious influences ; and actually consume less, than those 

 which are kept where the winters are short, and so mild 

 that the bees are often tempted to fly, and are in a state of 

 almost continual excitement. It is in precisely such lati. 

 ludes, in Poland and Russia, that bees are kept in the largest 

 numbers, and with the most extraordinary success. In the 

 chapter on Pasturage, I shall show that some of the coldest 

 places in New England, and the Middle States, are among 

 the most favored spots for obtaining the largest supplies of 

 the very purest honey. 



Having thoroughly tested the practicability of affording 

 the bees by my Protector, complete protection against heat 

 and cold, at a very small expense, and in a way which may 

 be made highly ornamental, the proper steps will be taken to 

 secure a patent right for the same ; although no extra charge 

 will be made for this, or for any other subsequent improve- 

 ment, to those who purchase the right to use my hive. 



* The observations to test the temperature of the Protector were 

 mEide in GreQufield, JJassachasetts, in latitude 42 de^. 36 inin, 



