NEIGHBOUR'S UNICOMB HIVE. 



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bottom of the stock-hive, and in the upper hoop are 

 openings cut to receive eight comb bars ; each bar is 

 one inch and an eighth wide, with a space of half an 

 inch between. Since the intro- 

 duction of square straw bar 

 and frame hives, these hives 

 have not been much in request. 

 Considerable inconvenience is 

 found to arise, because the 

 bars, being of unequallengths, 

 cannot be interchanged one 

 with the other. 



The description given of 

 Taylor's Amateur Hive, and 

 mode of stocking and furnish- 

 ing it with guide-comb, apply to this hive. The large 

 straw hive raised up in the engraving is an outside case; 

 the roof is a large zinc cover. If placed in a bee-house, 

 the outside case and zinc roof are not required. 



NEIGHBOUR'S UNICOMB OBSERVATORY HIVE. 



This hive is well adapted for those persons who are 

 desirous of having the opportunity of closely examining 

 the workmanship of the industrious and interesting in- 

 mates. It is particularly intended for a window recess 

 or an indoor apiary, and will also be found an interest- 



