90 HAKDY BOOK OF BEES. 



Samuel Yates, seedsman, 16 and 18 Old Millgate, Man- 

 chester, who has found out two parties in the west of 

 Scotland who make excellent hives. Mr Yates, last year, 

 ordered some dozens for seUing in his shop, beyond the 

 twenty-eight he got for me. They were all speedily sold, 

 and this year, I believe, he intends to order more largely. 

 I have no interest in the sale of this or that hive; but 

 merely mention where and how I obtain mine, that the 

 reader residing near Manchester may know where to find 

 weU-made straw skeps in the event of his wishing to 

 do so. 



Where these cannot be bought, wooden boxes will have 

 to be used. The wood of such boxes should riot be planed 

 on the inside, for bees cannot hold by, or walk on, smooth 

 surfaces. Such boxes should be 15 inches square and 12 

 deep for first size, and 10 inches deep for second size, all 

 with holes, 4 inches in diameter, in their crowns, for 

 honeycomb glasses or boxes. The boxes should be well 

 made of wood, three-quarters of an inch thick ; but all 

 expense in the way of ornamentation will be lost. For 

 any extravagance in this line the bees will not render 

 thanks, or return one penny of interest for the outlay. 



THE BAE-FEAME HR'E. 



Do you approve of this hive ? ISo, for it is very incon- 

 venient, clumsy, and expensive. We do not see one 

 feature in a bar-frame hive which will commend it to an 

 experienced bee-keeper, whose object is honey and profit. 

 We believe it will soon go into disuse. We would aban- 

 don bee-keeping for profit if we were compelled to use 

 hives filled with bar-frames. They would be a perfect 

 nuisance to us. But are they not useful to some bee- 



