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can readily commence an unicomb, and as readily put 

 the combs and bees back into the square hive again. 

 The outside shutters on each side are composed of 

 Venetian blinds, admitting- daylight, but obscuring the 

 rays of the sun. We had the entrance made at one end, 

 as rejjresented in our drawing ; this alteration was made 

 after the pattern of the hive from which Mr. Woodbury 

 allowed us to copy. His own was intended to stand 

 wholly out of doors, and had two central entrances, one 

 on each side at the bottom, the hive itself turning on 

 a pivot. 



When the hive was being examined on one side, tiie 

 entrance was closed by a piece of wood inserted in it ; 

 and when the other side was brought round to be 

 inspected, tiie pece of wood was withdrawn, and p^ced 

 in the opposite entrance. This was a most ingenious 

 contrivance ; but it did not answer our purpose for in- 

 doors. When Mr. Woodbury sent us his luve, we were 

 preparing for the International Exhibition of 1862, and, 

 in placing it against the sides of the building, we fc4- 

 lowed our old plan for ingress by having the entrance at 

 the end. Since that time, we have made a considerable 

 improvement by adapting Mr. Woodbury's cleverly con- 

 trived turn-table to suit our own hive. Like Mr. Wood- 

 bury's hive, ours has two iron wheels, the one fixed to 

 the bottom of the hive, the other fixed to a stout board 

 running the full length of the hive; on these two wheels 

 Ihe whole hive turns. In the centre there is an opening 



