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■of. A piece of string will keep the flannel close to the 

 wood and then neither ant nor other insect will pass up ; 

 so that Dy this simple means the hives may, so to speak, 

 be insulated, and placed beyond their reach. As the oil 

 dries up, it can easily be renewed. We have found this 

 an effectual remedy against these insidious enemies 

 of bees. 



BEE-HOUSE TO CONTAIN TWELVE HIVES 



Where economy of room is a consideration, we fit up 

 bee-houses with a double row of hives, one above the 

 other. Our engi-avings show the back and front of a 

 house of this kind, having an ornamental zinc gutter to 

 prevent the wet from dripping on to the alighting-board. 



When a number of hives are thus together, we colour 

 the alighting-boards differently, so that the bees may 



