FRAME HIVES. 105 
Those desirous of a cheaper article may be recom- 
mended to the same firm’s ‘‘ Cottager’s Frame Hive,” 
which costs only 7s. 6d. It is of the same inside 
dimensions as the preceding, but omits the window 
and the dummy, while the floor and crown boards are 
of a simpler make. The frame bars rest upon similar 
ledges of zine, but they have not the lengthened ends, 
and are fixed in position by staples. At the interme- 
diate price of 12s. 6d. a large window behind may be 
added to this hive, and a crown of straw substituted 
for the wooden one. An application for Messrs. Neigh- 
bour’s catalogue will secure a still further choice. 
Next in order we have to describe the elaborate and 
well-known — struc- 
ture called ‘“‘ The 
Cheshire Hive,” 
which was designed 
by the Rev. F. R. 
Cheshire, and is 
made by Mr. James 
Lee, of Bagshot. 
We annex a figure 
from a block lent 
us by Mr. Lee, but 
it is but fair to say 
that it does not do 
justice to the ap- 
pearance of the 
hive, nor even give 
a correct idea as -- 
to its form—for 
its body is almost perfectly square, and not so shallow 
