THE BKE. 



196. The English hive of Dewhurst, haying a box at the top, is 

 shown in fig. 62; where A is the body of the hive, b the opening 

 at the top, and c the box provided with shutters. 



197. In fig. 63, p. 81, is shown a form of straw hive used in 

 Scotland, and in fig. 64 the Eadouan hive, similar in form to 

 the village hive, but provided with movable pieces, by placing 

 which successively below it, its elevation can be gradually 

 augmented without disturbing the superior part, so as to give 

 increased space to the bees and prevent the issue of swarms. 



A form of hive much used in the South of France, and known 

 to French apiarists as the Vulgar Hive (Ruche Vulgaire), is shown 

 on the left of fig. 58, p. 49, in the process of transferring the bees 

 from one hive to another. 



A form of cork hive used in the South of France is shown in 



Fig. 6B. — Cylindrical hive 

 (Switzerland and Italy). 



Fig. 67. — Delia Rocca hive (Greece 

 and Turkey), 



fig. 63 ; and a cylindrical hive with its axis horizontal, much 



Fig. 68. — Murie's bee-box, 

 ■with cylindrical cap (French). 



Fig. 69. — De Frarifere's garden hive. 



used in Switzerland and Italy, is shown in fig. 66. 

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