NUTT'S COLLATERAL HIVE. 



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slide passing down between each box. The octagonal 

 cover B is about ten inches in diameter and twenty high, 

 including the sloping octagonal roof, surmounted with 

 an acorn as a finish. There are two large windows in 

 each of the end boxes, and one in the centre box. 

 Across the latter is a thermometer, scaled and marked. 



so as to be an easy guide to the bee-master, showing 

 him, by the rise in temperature, the increased accommo- 

 dation required ; this thermometer is a fixtui-e, the indi- 

 cating part being protected by two pieces of glass, to 

 prevent the bees from coming between it and the win- 

 dow, and thereby obstructing the view. 

 D D are ventilators. In the centre of each of the end 



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