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tions, the bees may be more readily brushed down, than 
when small panes are used. 
For warm weather, close windows will not be comforta- 
ble. Wire-cloth screens may be arranged and hung with 
hinges on the outside. These should be made of stuff at 
least one inch thick, with the wire-cloth nailed upon both 
sides. When bees are being handled inside, and honey is 
scarce, those on the outside will be seen crowding upon 
Fig. 18,—vizw OF THE AUTHOR’S APIARY. 
the wire-cloth ; if but one thickness of wire-cloth is used, 
the bees inside will feed those upon the outside with the 
honey to which they have access within. Great confusion 
sometimes arises in this way. The thick frame, and 
double wire-cloth fully obviates this difficulty. Tight 
board shutters will be needed to close the windows more 
thoroughly, when desired. 
Convenience should not only be kept in view, but order 
and neatness as well. Nothing adds more to the attrac- 
tiveness of an apiary, than a symmetrical disposition of 
the hives. They should stand in rows in such a manner 
