306 THE APlARt. 



space of } of an inch between the wire cloth and the wall, 

 at the top of the window. The bees and flies that have been 

 brought in with the combs, or that have entered the room, at 

 some time or other, fly against the wire cloth, and soon 

 find the small fissure above, through which they escape ; but, 

 in returning, they smell the honey through the wire cloth, 

 and forgetting that they have escaped between the wire and 

 the wall, they try in vain to pass through the wire cloth. 

 In the engraving, the window sashes have been removed, 

 but their use in no way interferes with the screen, if the 

 lower one is raised, or the upper one lowered, while there 

 axe bees in the room. 



