STEWARTOi^\ OR AYRSHIRE HIVE, iti 



pass on, seeking- more suitable depositories, and con- 

 fine lier nursery to those lower regions where she is 

 welcome. The hortey is thus kept pure, and that which 

 not unfrequently mars the qualify of a super — viz., cells 

 that either contain brood or have been bred in — is pre- 

 vented. Each box is furnished with two small windows, 

 back and front, closed by sliding shutters, by which 

 opportunity is afforded for inspecting the progress made, 

 and also of knbwing wrhen the time has arrived that the 

 cells are filled and the bok may be taken away. 



Each of the boxes, a, b, c, is furnished with an en- 

 trance-way, four inches wide, half an inch high, a 

 wooden slide either wholly or partially closing same, as 

 required. Wheri at work, the bees only need one en- 

 trance open, and that at the lowest box. The long- 

 slides before mentioned are pushed in to their respective 

 receptacles from the back of the hive, to close the open- 

 ings between the bars ; those of them that are shorter 

 wall be seen to belong to the sides of the octagon, and 

 the ends are cut angular to suit the form of the box. 

 A little examination will suffice to show the right allot- 

 ment of the slides, the appropriation of which may be 

 said somewhat to resemble the putting together of a 

 child's puzzle. 



The box b must be left open at the interstices that cor- 

 respond with the box a, placed above, the little openings 

 being- closed by the insertion of the ten sections of slides, 

 thus leaving free communication inside with the upper 



