NEIGHBOUR'S GLASS WOODBURr IIIFES. 3> 



For many years British bee-farmers thought any hive 

 containing more than ten frames was hurtful to the bees 

 and could not be worked successfully. We should be only 

 too glad to learn that this opinion was gaining ground, for 

 hives on the Woodbury system are being manufactured and 

 sent out with twenty frames, and in the hands of inex- 

 perienced persons they turn out most disastrously. 



GLASS WOODBURY HIVE. 



The glass hive, of which we give an illustration, is 

 manufactured by Messrs. Neighbour, of High Holborn. 

 They describe it as follows : 



" Some bee-keepers like to be able to make a full and 

 daily inspection of the hive ; we have therefore constructed 

 a hive of wooden frames, inclosed on all sides and on the 

 top with glass. The divisions are precisely the same as 

 the ordinary Woodbury. 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." 



Many persons believe these hives — which are very 

 elegant, of stained oak, and varnished — will not answer as a 

 winter residence for the bees, but if they have a wooden 

 covering on all sides, the same as used to shield the other 

 hives from the weather, bees will winter in them and come 

 out early in the spring hearty and strong. Our experience 

 has taught us that damp kills far more bees than cold. 

 The top board should be propped up about one-eighth of 

 an inch all the winter to allow the moisture to escape : 

 this is all that is necessary. 



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