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The late Mr. J. H. Payne, of Bury, author of the 

 " Bee-keeper's Guide," introduced another glass. It 

 has a 3 inch hole in the centre, the purpose of which is 

 to tempt bees to produce additional and larger stores 

 of honey. It is to be used as follows : — when a bell 

 glass is half or quite filled, raise it, and place the 

 Payne's glass over the hole of the stock hive, with the filled glass 

 on it over tlie 3 inch hole. The bees will bring their combs 

 through, and thus Mr. Payne found that they would store more 

 honey than if the bell glass were removed and another empty one 

 put in its place. Of course the first glass must be smaller in 

 diameter than the Payne's glass, so as to rest upon it. 



BELL GLASS. No. 28. 



This is a glass super to be placed on the hive in 

 a similar way to the bell glasses already alluded to. 

 It has the advantages of being straight at the sides, 

 flat at top, and without a knob ; so that when filled 

 it may be brought on to the breakfast table, inverted, 

 on a plate. The glass lid shown in the engraving 

 forms a cover, and fits over outside, so as not to interfere with the 

 combs within. These flat top glasses, like those with a knob, have 

 a hole through which a zinc ventilating tube is inserted. 



GUIDE COMB POE GLASSES. 



In some of our previous allusions to the best mode of inducing 

 bees to commence working in glasses, we have recommended 

 attaching guide comb. We will now more particularly explain 

 how this attraction can be best applied. We have already shown 

 how bees may be induced to make use of guide combs fixed to bars, 

 and the same principle is applicable to glasses. These may be 

 filled with great regularity by adopting the following directions, 

 which we believe have never before appeared in print : — 



Procure a piece of clean new empty worker honeycomb 

 which has not had honey in it (because honey will prevent 

 adhesion to the glass) ; cut it up into pieces of about three 

 quartei's of an inch square. Gently warm the exterior of the 



