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tions, the bees may be more readily brushed down, than 

 when small panes are used. 



For warm weather, close windows will not be comforta- 

 ble. Wire-cloth screens may be arranged and hung with 

 hinges on the outside. These should be made of stuff at 

 least one inch thick, with the wire-cloth nailed upon both 

 sides. When bees are being handled inside, and honey is 

 scarce, those on the outside will be seen crowding upon 



Fig. 18. — VIEW OF THE author's apiaby. 



the wire-cloth ; if but one thickness of wire-cloth is used, 

 the bees inside will feed those upon the outside with the 

 honey to which they have access within. Great confusion 

 sometimes arises in this way. The thick frame, and 

 double wire-cloth fully obviates this difficulty. Tight 

 board shutters will be needed to close the windows more 

 thoroughly, when desired. 



Convenience should not only be kept in view, but order 

 and neatness as well. Nothing adds more to the attrac- 

 tiveness of an apiary, than a symmetrical disposition of 

 the hives. They should stand in rows in such a manner 



