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THE APIARY. 



\Tig addition to the green-house. Bees cease to appear 

 disturbed when exposure to the light is continuous. This 

 dkcovery enables the bee-fceeper to gain a full inspec- 

 tion. The hive should be screened from the direct rays 

 of the sun, which would worry the inmates, and be 

 otherwise prejudicial. An aperture should be cut in 

 the sHsl* corresponding with the entrance to the hive^ 

 through which the bees may find egress and ingress, 

 without* being able to gain access to the apartment, 

 as described for the ladies' observatory hive (page 

 78). 



The unicomb hive is constructed of so narrow a 

 width between thin plates of glass that it admits of one 

 comb -only to be built, and, at the same time, leaves 

 space between the comb and the glass on either side for 

 the bees to pass and repciss. It is thus made so that 

 every bee may be exposed to view. The queen forming^ 

 the most prominent feature of attention, she is readily 



