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of her subjects, stopping frequently to deposit an egg in every 

 empty cell. The hive itself was a " Woodbury Unicomb," 

 handsomely got up in mahogany, invented, as its name implies, 

 by our valued correspondent, " A Devonshire Bee-keeper," the 

 construction of which will be readily understood by an inspec- 

 tion of the engraving at page 102. Its distinctive features are 

 the adaptation of the movable-bar system to unicomb-hives, by 

 which any colony in an apiary of " Woodbury hives " can be 

 placed in the unicomb-hive in a few minutes, and the use of 

 " outside Venetians," or " sun-blinds," as they are called, instead 

 of the usual impervious shutters. By this contrivance light is 

 never excluded, fo that when the hive is open for inspection, all 

 its inmates continue their avocations with their accustomed regu- 

 larity, and a quiet and orderly scene is presented to the spectator 

 instead of the hubbub and confusion which ensues in ordinary 

 unicomb-hives. On the left-hand side of the unicomb hangs a 

 beautifully-executed drawing of a Ligurian queen-bee magnified, 

 together with the queen-worker and drone of Apis Ligusticd, of 

 the natural size. Immediately under the drawing is placed' a 

 square glass super, containing nearly forty pounds of the finest 

 honeycomb. On the right of the unicomb-hive is another super 

 of the same description, containing nearly thirty pounds of the 

 purest honey. These supers are, undoubtedly, by far the finest 

 in the Exhibition, and are the .first worked in England by Ligu- 

 rian bees, being from the apiary of " A Devonshire Bee-keeper." 

 In addition to these, the most striking objects, are shown Neigh- 

 bour's Improved Single Box and Cottage Hives, Taylor's Bar- 

 Hives, Woodbury Frame and Bar-hives, the new Bottle-feederJ 

 and bee apparatus of every description. It will be apparent from 

 the foregoing, that Messrs. Neighbour's stall is well worth 

 inspection, although the various novelties it contains appear to 

 have met with but scant appreciation by the Jury, who merely 

 awarded to them that " honourable mention " so lavishly accor4sd 

 to far less deserving objects. 



