BEES, BEE-HIVES, AND BEE CULTURE. 



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II. MODERN BEE HIVES. 



NUTTS COLLATEEAL HIVE. No. 1. 



The late Mr. Nutt, author of " Humanity to Honey Bees," may 

 be regarded as a pioneer of modem apiarians ; we therefore select his 

 hive wherewith to begin a description of those we have confidence 

 in recommending. Besides, an account of Mr. Nutt's hive will 

 necessarily include references to the various principles which 

 subsequent inventors have kept in view. 



Nutt's Collateral Hive con- 

 sists of three boxes placed 

 side by side (C. A. C), with 

 an octagonal box B on the 

 top which covers a bell-glass- 

 Each of the three boxes is 9 

 inches high, 9 inches wide, 

 and 11 inches from back 

 to front ; thin wooden par- 

 titions, — in which six or se- 

 ven openings corresponding 

 with each other are made — 

 divide these compartments, 

 so that free access from one 

 box to the other is afforded 

 to the bees J this communication is stopped when necessary by a 

 zinc slide passing down between each box. The octagonal cover B 

 is about 10 inches in diameter and 20 high, including the sloping 

 octagonal roof, surmounted with an acorn as a finish. There are 

 two large windows in each of the end boxes, and one smaller one in 

 the centre box; across the latter is a thermometer scaled and 

 marked, so as to be an easy guide to the bee-master, showing him 

 by the rise in temperature the increased accommodation required. 

 This thermometer is a fixture, the indicating part being protected 

 by two pieces of glass, to prevent the bees from coming between it 

 and the window, and thereby obstructing the view. 



D D are ventilators. In the centre of each of the end boxes is a 



