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wire gauze. A cover of tin is made to fit the outside of the 

 tube, at its lower edge, with half inch ""holes to correspond, 

 by the proper adjustment of which, a perfect ventilation may 

 be secured. A canal or gutter is made upon, the top of the 

 bottom board, six inches wide and one delep, into which is 

 fitted a board from B to bB, so as to ft(rbi a passage six 

 inches wide and one-fourth of an inch high, for the ingress and 

 egress of the bees while at work. This entrance may be so 

 constructed by fitting in a billet of wood as to leave room 

 for passing bees, in proportion toi their numbers. Hives 

 should be made perfectly true on the bottom, to fit the bottom 

 board. A thiclc coat of lime p^st# should be placed upon 

 the bottom board. A, A, A, A, Figure 4, to make a perfect 

 joint between that and the hive ; moreover, the caustic nature 

 of the lime is so unfriendly to life in most insects, that no 

 mc^ eggs will ever hatch there: The sides of collaterals 

 and hives, as well as all other appendages, should be white- 

 washed with lime where they^ unite; also cracks and open 

 joints should be filled with it. f We never could discover a 

 moth-miller perched upon a place in the apiary to remain 

 long, when it. had been whitewashed within six months. 



Avoiding all voluminous details, we have endeavored in 

 this work to present to the public, in a coiticise yet lucid 

 manner, some of the leading principles of this highly inte- 

 resting science, and in this way to furnish at a Ipw rate 

 inforrriation which, though indispensable, the costliness of the 

 larger book's has placed beyond' the reach of many. How 

 far we have succeeded, not ourselves must determine, but 

 those who shall hereafter be kind enough to giye our pages 

 an attentive perusal. 



