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narrow as not to conceal any of the bees, and leaving off 
the shutters entirely, to replace them with a dark cloth 
thrown over the hive. But this cloth can be used only when 
the hive is established inside the house. Its main advan- 
tages are to do away with the noise and jar of opening 
the shutters. 
Fig. 80. 
OBSERVING-HIVE. 
(From Alley’s ‘‘Handy-Book.’’) 
w, stand; B,CC, movable glass frame; Ff, moulding under which the 
top ofthe shutter H slips, to darken the hive, if needed; F, movable top, 
held in place by hooks. The comb of brood and bees is put wm, by remov- 
{ng the top and one side. 
377. A parlor observing-hive of this form may be con- 
veniently placed in any room in the house; the alighting- 
board being outside, and the whole arrangement such that 
the bees may be inspected at all hours, day, or night, with- 
out the slightest risk of their stinging. Two such hives 
may be placed before one window, and put up or taken 
down in afew minutes, without cutting or defacing the wood- 
work of the house. 
An observing-hive will prove an unfailing source of pleas- 
ure and instruction; and those who live in crowded cities, 
