CHAPTER III. 



MODERN BEEHIVES. 



I. COMMON COTTAGER'S HIVE. 



E will commence' our list of hives with this, the 

 very simplest form of adaptation to the depriving 

 system. The upper hive is intended for a super 

 and the lower one is the "stock" 

 for the bees' settled habitation. 

 The directions for applying this, 

 as well as for stocking the hive 

 and taking the honey, will how- 

 ever be obtained under the 

 head " Neighbours' Improved 

 Cottage Hive" (page ii6), and 

 in the sections referred to there on " Hiving Swarms," 

 "Applying Supers," etc. The hive is well suited for 

 those who are desirous of leading their poorer neigh- 

 bours into the humane system of bee-keeping. See 

 the remark at the end of the next section respecting the 

 hole for giving admittance to the super. 



