MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 31 
preferred above all others, for parlor hives, 
they are easy to manage, and the perfect sim- 
plicity of its construction, and the happy ef: 
fects produced by the wire screen bottom in 
ventilating the hive, and in keeping out the 
Bee-moth, there should bea ventilation near 
the top of the hive, of the lower apartment, 
to let off the vapor which frequently caus- 
es the death of the Bees in the winter by 
freezing. This hive is made with glass 
doors, so that you can open it with pleasure, 
and ascertain the progress of the Bees, and 
also the very convenient manner in which 
the surplus honey may be taken from the 
top of the hive, by the means of boxes and 
sliders, without being exposed to the danger 
of a single sting, render it highly desirable 
by every apiarian acquainted with it. The 
top of the hive has twelve communications 
with the boxes, and the boxes have glass sides 
and ends for ascertaining when the boxesare 
full,and for taking the surplus honey, with- 
out destroying a single Bee except by acci- 
dent. The hive should hang ina frame 
