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the entrances running ‘through the sides of the building, 
allowing the bees free passage in and out of the hives. 
Manipulation or examination of the bees, may be accomplished 
by:-going inside the netting, and no one outside need be dis- 
turbed by the bees. Fig. 103 shows the ground plan of the 
same corner: A shows the netting; B, C, D, E, F, G shows 
the entrance tubes to the hives. 
When in Great Britain, during the summer of 1879, 
we found that the most attractive features of the fairs were 
the public manipulations with bees, and the large display of 
honey of captivating beauty. There they had a large tent 
(fig. 104) ; the inner circle being enclosed by mosquito bar or 
netting around the sides and about eight feet high, leaving 
the top entirely open. Around this circle is a passageway, 
Fig. 103.—Corner of Building showing Entrance Tubes. 
covered with canvas above and outside, about eight feet 
high, and six feet broad; in this inclosure the audience 
assemble to witness the manipulations with bees. 
We gave eight half-hour lectures in this tent; each time 
the inclosure was full of eager listeners. Two of these were 
delivered at the Scottish Bee and Honey Show, at Perth, 
concerning which the Dundee Advertiser'remarks: “The 
manipulating tent was a scence of great interest during the 
show. It is of octagon shape, the operator standing in the 
middle, while the public feel secure under the protection of 
an intervening gauze screen. Driving bees from a straw 
skep and transferring their combs to a bar-frame hive, were 
hourly operations, and never failed to strike with astonish- 
ment the spectators, who stood aghast at seeing a human 
being unprotected turning up a hive of bees, and handling 
them as if they were blue flies. Mr. Thos. G. Newman, edi- 
