220 miner's AMERICAN 



temperature without, unless it be, that they find it much 

 warmer than they anticipated, from which no evil can 

 arise. 



The removal of the floor-boards from front to rear, 

 and vice versd, will not involve the necessity of disturb- 

 ing the hives. It can be effected by shoving*along the 

 whole together. 



DIVISION-BOARDS NECESSARY BETWEEN HIVES, ETC. 



It will be perceived, that in the cut a division ap- 

 pears between each hive. This is necessary, as before 

 spoken of. A board a few inches wide, placed on its 

 edge, is all that is requisite. 



Tfiey who prefer it, may have their hives set on stools 

 in structures of the foregoing character; and in this 

 way, have better access to them, and facility in passing 

 around them, &c. I am inclined to think, that setting 

 them on stools would be the better way. 



The suspended hives, before illustrated, may be en- 

 closed in a house of this description. There is no hin- 

 drance in the least. Every apiarian must consult his 

 own convenience and taste in many things, and not fol- 

 low any written rules ; or rather, he will have to do so, 

 in the absence of instructions, since to state every thing 

 pertaining to thts subject, is out of the question. 



COST OF BUILDING. 



A bee-house on the foregoing plan, can be built for 

 $30, and in good style, too. A handsome cornice around 

 the roof, to suit the size of the structure, should be in- 



