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THE BEE-HIVES. 



ings and descriptions — ' ' my sole design is to liave the true 

 face and disposition of Nature exposed to sight. I wish that 

 others may pass the like censure, when due, on my works; for 

 I doubt not that I have made many mistakes, although I can, 

 from the heart, say, that I have not, in this treatise designed 

 to mislead. ' ' 



376. This hive is a simplified form, but Mr. D. P. Sav- 

 age suggested a still more simple one, by making the top so 

 narrow as not to conceal auy of the bees, and leaving off 



Pig. 87. 



OBSERVING HIVE. 



(From Alley's "Handy-Book.") 

 a, stand ; B, CC. movable glass frame ; E, moulding under which the 

 top of the shutter H slips, to darken the hive, if needed ; F^ movable 

 top, held in place by hooks. The comb of brood and bees is put in, 

 by removing the top and one side, 



the shutters entirely, to replace them with a dark cloth 

 thrown over the hive. But this cloth can be used only when 

 the hive is established inside the house. Its mam advan- 

 tages are to do away with the noise and jar of opening 

 the shutters. 



377. A parlor observing-hive of this form may be con- 

 veniently placed m any room in the bouse; the alighting- 



