68 THE APIARY. 



guide comb is not plentiful, every other bar should 

 have a piece fixed to it in the following manner : — Cut a 

 piece of clean empty comb of the required size, say two 

 inches square, not less ; heat a common flat iron, with 

 which slightly warm the bar ; then melt a little bees'-wax 

 upon it ; draw the comb quickly over the heated iron, hold 

 it down on the centre of the bar, giving a very slight 

 movement backwards and forwards ; then leave the wax 

 to grow cold, and, if cleverly managed, the guide will be 

 found firmly attached. Care must be taken that the 

 pitch or inclination of the comb be the same as it is in the 

 hives — upwards from the centre of each comb. A new 

 plan has lately been introduced by Mr. Woodbury, of 

 Exeter, to facilitate the correct construction of parallel 

 combs. 



NEIGHBOUR'S IMPROVED COTTAGE HIVE. 



Our Improved Cottage Hive is neatly made of straw, 

 bound with cane, and therefore very durable.* The 

 lower hive is covered with a wooden top, having in it 

 three holes, through which the bees convey their honey 

 into three middle-sized bell glasses with ventilators, 



» This is the hive referred to by the Bee- Master of the Times, 

 when he says : — " The second kind of hive I alluded to is made 

 of straw, and may be purchased at Neighbour's, in Holborn. . . . 

 It is so well made that it will last very long. I have had one in 

 constant use during ten years, and it is still as good as when it 

 was bought." 



