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is more difficulty in effecting a dislodgment in conse- 

 quence of the greater depth of the opening. 



There is another method of suspending hives, quite 

 common. It consists in setting two parallel tiers of 

 posts in the ground, three in number, of such height as 

 may be desired ; and then nailing long strips of boards, 

 three or four inches wide, and in length, say twelve feet, 

 if such length is desired. The posts are so arranged, 

 that when the boards are attached, the hives may be 

 slid in at the ends, and rest on the bars, as in the two 

 cases that I have adduced. The difficulty in this case 

 is, that when half a dozen hives are thus suspended, and 

 it becomes necessary to remove any but the two occu- 

 pying the ends of the stand, it cannot be easily done, 

 unless the bottom-boards are taken off, and the hives 

 raised up perpendicularly, which is not convenient. 

 Some persons may suppose that hives need not be re- 

 moved at all, at any time ; yet such is not the case. 

 Hives should never be removed in the spring or sum- 

 mer season, unless an artificial swarm is to be made, or 

 some operation performed that is necessary ; and every 

 thorough, practical bee-keeper will often see the neces- 

 sity of removing his hives for such purposes occasion- 

 ally. 



townly's hive. 



Mr. Edward Townly, <jf the city of New York, has, 

 during the last ten years, disposed of many hundreds of 

 his " patent premium hives," as I have been informed. 

 I have not thought it expedient to furnish an engraving 



