154 THE HONEY-BEE. 



the back window a thermometer fixed, for ascertaining 

 the temperature of the stock-hive. By these arrange- 

 ments the affairs of the community may, to a certain 

 extent, be regulated by the master, and pure honey, 

 free from bee-bread or brood, may be secured without 

 the destruction of any of the workers. 



The three hives now described are, perhaps, the 

 best for those who have not the requisite time and 

 skill for the more approved methods of apiculture. 

 But they should, in other cases, be looked upon as 

 merely the stepping-stones to systems of bee-man- 

 agement of a really scientific character. 



Passing now to the notice of some of these, we will 

 draw attention first to " Nutt's Collateral Hive" — 

 named from its first maker, who may be considered 

 a pion,eer in the improved modern methods. 



It consists of three boxes side by side, and having 

 thin wooden partitions, with six or seven perforations, 

 to admit of the passage of the bees from one com- 

 partment to another. These may be stopped by 

 zinc slides. In the centre of the top is a wooden 

 cover, to contain a bell-glass for supering. A venti- 

 lator over each of the side-boxes secures the proper 

 temperature of these. " The grand object," as ex- 

 plained by Mr. Nutt, "is to keep the end boxes and 

 the bell-glass cooler than the pavilion or middle 

 box, so as to induce the queen to propagate her 

 species there only, and not in the depriving {i.e. 

 honey-storing) part of the hive. By this means the 

 side and upper combs are in no way discoloured by 

 brood. The queen requires a considerable degree of 

 warmth. The bees enjoy coolness in the side-boxes, 

 and thereby the whiteness and purity of the luscious 



