Vermont Crystal Palace, or Flanders' Patent Bee Hire, 



CPateuted Ootober SStb. 1853.) 



Fig. 1. 

 Fig". 1 is a front view of the Hive. ji is the device to prevent ro^nfeing and unseasonable 

 swarming, &c. B B are the boxes in their place. D is the convex leiis -watch -crystal. £is 

 the adjustable entrance. F\s the bottom board, that can be let down by detaching the hook 7i, 

 forming an entrance to the hive. G (?are the doors, P isa plug closinirthe winter ventilator to 

 the upper apartment. iSis a slide. Tis the cover or top board, aa are entrances to be opened 

 at certain timg^rr e e are the supporters of the comb, o o are passages from the lower apart- 

 ment to the boxes, dimly seen in the cut., v v are ventilators, d is a screw by which the lens 

 D is adiusled. fHVi 



