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HIVE OF LOMBARD. 



sensible of the disadvantages attending the storifying system ; 

 but still, under certain modifications, he was by no means 

 opposed to it. He was, however, decidedly averse to the 

 disunion of the bees, and therefore he contrived a species of 

 separation, which facilitates the deprivation of the honey, 

 but at the same time grants to the bees a perfect communi- 

 cation with each other. 



The hive is composed of 

 two parts, the cover of the 

 hive A, and the body of the 

 hive B, forming together an 

 elevation of from seventeen to 

 twenty inches, and an uniform 

 diameter of one foot within 

 the clear, excepting the upper 

 part, which should be convex. 

 If any variation be given to 

 the elevation, it is merely to 

 proportionate the hives to the 

 size of the swarms, or accord- 

 ingly as the season is more or 

 less advanced. The above pro- 

 portions are, however, seldom exceeded, because a positive 

 deterioration of honey takes place, on account of the great 

 capacity of the hive not allowing of an annual deprivation. 



The body of the hive is made of bands of straw, exactly 

 similar to the cottage hive of this country. At the top and 



bottom of the body of each hive, 

 an outward projecting band 

 is made, C C. At the top of 

 the body of the hive within 

 the clear, and even with the 

 last band, is placed a flooring 

 D, made of a thin piece of 

 board of ten inches in breadth 



