BEES, BEE-HIVES, AND BEE CULTURE. 



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Front View of Bee-House. 



III. EXTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS AND 

 APPARATUS. 



BEE-HOUSE TO CONTAIN TWO HIVES. No. 39. 



There is no contrivance 

 for protecting hives from 

 the weather so complete as 

 a bee-house one, which also 

 admits of an easy inspec- 

 tion of the hives ranged 

 therein. This arrangement 

 is especially convenient for- 

 lady bee-keepers. 



The folding doors be- 

 hind the bee-house have 

 only to be opened, and the 

 hives are at once exposed to full view. If the cover of the bee- 

 house be lifted as well as the shutters opened, the hives and the 

 glasses may be deliberately inspected, without any danger of 

 molestation from the bees. Thus the progress made by the busy 

 multitude in building and filling their combs may be watched by 

 the bee-keeper, from day to day with great and increasing interest. 



Here our en- 

 graving shows the 

 back view of the 

 bee-house, the in- 

 terior being fur- 

 nished with two of 

 our No. 5 cottage 

 hives. Two sus- 

 pended weights 

 will be noticed ; 

 these are to bal- 

 ance the top hives 

 which cover the 

 glasses; the cord 

 for each, runs on pulleys, so that the covers can be easily raised and as 



Back View of the Interior. 



