130 TREATISE ON THE 
It is the interest of the owner, however, to 
ascertain what material and construction will 
answer best for sustaining an equable tem- 
perature during the heats of summer, and 
most effectually secure the comfort of the in- 
mates during the severity of winter. And 
besides these indispesable requisites, there 
are other considerations to be attended to in 
the structure of hives, which, to the natural- 
ist and amateur are matters of no little mo- 
ment. It would far exceed my prescribed 
limits to attempt a description of the multi- 
tude of hives that the ingenuity of one class 
of Bee masters hasinvented,and another has 
improved upon ;—I shall therefore notice the 
one I have in general use, which from its 
great utility, deserves to be better known. 
A Bee hive should be made of one inch 
and a quarter plank, good seasoned stuff, free 
from shakes and cracks, and made in a work- 
man-like manner, it should be planed smooth, 
inside and out, and painted outside, with any 
color fancy may dictate. Townley’s Patent 
Premium Self Protecting Hive is generally 
