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THE STEWARTON HIVE. 



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bee-keepers, that we deem it necessary to give it a place 

 here, and to supply some explanation of its construction 

 and management. We con- 

 sider this especially needful, 

 as some of the principles of its 

 management are so imper- 

 fectly understood that many 

 mistakes are made, and also 

 because, for the convenience 

 of bee-keepers, we keep a 

 supply of these hives on hand. 

 The name is derived from 

 their having been first brought 

 out at Stewarton, in Scotland ; 

 and they are still made so well, 

 and at so moderate a price, in 

 that country, that London workmen are unable to com- 

 pete in their manufacture. Our supply is therefore from 

 that source ; so that, with a little addition for carriage, 

 the price approximates that of the makers themselves, 

 affording a convenience to many of our apiarian friends 

 in being able to obtain these hives in London. 



Our illustration shows the four boxes set up when the 

 hive is complete. We will suppose that the beginner has 

 just received the four octagonal boxes detached, with the 

 bundles of grooved slides. About one-half of these are 

 short pieces, or pegs, termed sectional slides, but similarly 

 cut to the longer ones ; these are to fill up the openings 



