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windows are important for other purposes besides look- 

 ing in to see the operations of the bees. 



The foregoing remarks on the pins or supports of the 

 hive, as well as those on the glass-windows, are appli- 

 cable to every hive that I shall illustrate, except such as 

 are suspended, and which do not rest upon floor-boards. 



CHAMBER-HIVE. 



I here give a cut of a chamber-hive adapted to the 

 natural requirements of bees. The design and principle 

 are not ney? ; but I have improved on the shape and di- 

 mensions. The main body is one foot square, in the 



