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the edg-e, and continuing on the same level until inside 

 the hive, where it slopes upwards. This entrance is about 

 three-eighths of an inch high where the hive crosses it. 



These straw hives have been generally made without 

 windows, as Mr. Woodbury and other scientific apiarians 

 so prefer them. They consider that glass windows are 

 unsuited for winter, because then moisture condenses on 

 the glass. There is no doubt that the having a peep- 

 hole or two in a hive adds very agreeably to its value 

 for amateur bee-keepers, and, to meet the wishes of 

 such, we have had straw hives constructed with windows. 

 It is not every one who would like to lift out the frames as 

 often as is necessary for an inspection of the state of the 

 colony, nor, perhaps, is it advisable to be often thus 

 meddling. The windows have also a very neat appear- 

 ance. We have hives with one, and some vyith two and 

 three windows ; of course, a little extra expense is in- 

 curred where these are made, but that is not objected to 

 by those who approve of the additional convenience. 

 The crown-board (if correct to call a straw top by that 

 name) has, like the hive, a frame of wood all round, 

 and a square, piece of wood in the centre, with a two- 

 inch hole ; this hole is for the purpose of administering 

 food, in a mode to be explained hereafter. A circular 

 block of wood, four inches in diameter, closes the 

 opening. 



