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BEE-FJRllING. 



PETTITT'S COTTAGE HIVE. 



To those persons who cannot spare much time in the 

 management of their stocks, such as cottagers who are 

 out working all the day, and have only a few minutes in 

 the evening to glance round their bee-bench, this hive will 

 be a boon. 



Those who are ingenious enough 

 may easily manufacture a few caps, 

 or supers, during the long winter 

 evenings, and use them on their 

 common skeps, by cutting out two 

 inches from the crown. When 

 the bees show signs of swarming 

 by clustering outside, at once place 

 the super on the hive. It may 

 prevent swarming, but you v/ill 

 have instead a few pounds of supe- 

 rior, or super-honey, which is worth is. 6d. per pound. 



We can also recommend this hive. We found it very 

 successful, both in producing fine swarms and giving a 

 fair yield of honey. The super however did not succeed. 



PETTITT S COTTAGE HIVE. 



NARBONNE HIVE. 



When visiting the South of France several years ago 

 we received a most courteous letter from an English medical 

 practitioner, urging us not to forget to make a diligent 

 search when at Narbonne for their hives, and to be sure 

 to bring home again a good re[ ori;, so that the same system 

 might be adopted in Cheshire. The bee-keepers in the 

 South of France are very careful to secure excellent honey, 

 though they secure a limited quantity only. A large supply 

 seems to come to the English market from the neigbour- 



