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MODERN BEEHIVES. 



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advisable to be often thus meddling. The windows have 

 also a very neat appearance, ^^'e have hives with one, 

 and some with two and three windows ; of course a little 

 extra expense is incurred where these are made, but 

 that is not objected to by those who approve of the 

 additional convenience. The crown-board (if a straw 

 top can be called by that name) has, like the hive, a 

 frame of wood all round, and a square piece of wood in 

 the centre, Avith a two-inch hole ; this hole is for the 

 purpose of administering food, in a mode to ■ be ex- 

 plained hereafter. A circular block of wood, four 

 inches in diameter, closes the opening. 



3. Glass. — Some bee-keepers like to be able to make 

 a full and daily inspection of the hive; we have there- 

 fore prepared a few hives, constructed of wooden frames 

 enclosed on all sides and on the top with window-glass. 

 The dimensions are precisely the same as those before 

 mentioned, and allow the same number of bars and 

 frames (ten). The crown has a round hole cut in the 

 glass to admit of feeding. The four sides are con- 

 structed of double glass, to preserve the bees from 

 variations" of temperature. ^A'e cannot, however, re- 



