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compactness of appearance are objects aimed at. Besides, 

 it is possible to place a great many bives witliin small 

 compass, and be free from all danger of receiving mistaken 

 visits. Many of pur bives are removed, in spring, to 

 cottage and market gardens in the country. We pay rent 

 for a small space, and make it answer well. The follow- 

 ing representation will show the reader how ten hives can 

 be safely placed on a spot not much larger than a dining- 

 room table. 



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Every hive is separate from the rest, and so placed that 

 there could be no mistakes made by the bees as to their 

 own hives; but there is not room enough between them 

 to hold a swarm from each hive without risk. 



As there is a peculiar smell in each hive, which appears 

 to be the bond of union in the community of it — bees 

 knowing each other by smeU — the intelligent bee-master 

 "wiU keep his hives as far asunder as he can conveniently, 

 or sufficiently far to prevent the peculiarity from being 

 lost. Close proximity may destroy it. 



