NUTT'S COLLATERAL HIVE'. S3 



bees find their way into the hive, access to the end boxes 

 and the super being obtained from the inside. An 

 alighting-board is fitted close under the entrance, for 

 the bees to settle upon when returning laden with homey. 

 This alighting-board is removable for the convenience of 

 packing. The centre, or stock-box a, called by Mr. 

 Nutt the Pavilion of Nature, is the receptacle for the 

 swarm. For stocking this, it will be necessary to tack 

 the side tins so as to close the side openings in the 

 partition, and to tack some perforated zinc over the 

 holes at top ; the swarm may then be hived ipto it just 

 the same as with a common hive. A temporary bottom 

 board may be used if the box has to be sent any distance, 

 or a cloth may be tied round to close the bottom (the 

 latter plan is best, because allowing plenty of air) ; and 

 when brought home at night, the bees being clustered 

 at the top, the cloth or temporary bottom must be re- 

 moved, the box gently placed on its own floor-board, and 

 the hive set in the place it is permanently to occupy. 

 E E are two block fronts, which open with a hinge. A 

 semicircular hole, three inches long and two inches wide 

 in the middle, is cut in the upper bottom-board, imme- 

 diately under the window of each box ; these apertures 

 are closed by separate perforated zinc slides. These 

 blocks, when opened, afford a ready means of reducing 

 the temperature of the side boxes, a current of air being 

 quickly obtained, and are also useful for allowing the 

 bees to throw out any retuse. 



