APPENDIX 



MINER'S PATENT EQUILATERAL BEE-HIVE. 



In consequence of the improvement in the ornamental portion of 

 the above hive not being completed, when the original cut was 

 inserted in this%fork, at page 181, I have concluded to have it ap- 

 pear in an Appendix. This is precisely the same hive as that at 

 p"age 181, except in its embellishments. The size and shape are 

 the same ; but it is drawn on a smaller scale, than the other. I 

 consider this the ne plus ultra of hives in every point. Nothing of 

 the kind can compare with it in beauty, or in practical value. I 



