MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 135: 
too, for making artificial swarms, the queen 
may be followed in all her movements, and 
even in her laying. It is easy to open the 
hive and lay hold of her at any time. The 
whole of this observatory hive is made to 
turn round on the sholder of an upright 
shaft, through which shaft the passage for 
the Bees must of necessity be made, 
and which does not admitt of a bore of above 
an inch in diameter. As, however, this nar- 
row perpendicular passage is of no great 
length, it need not be more than three inches, 
many thousands of Bees will, in the course 
ofa few minutes, if necessary, make their 
egress and regress through it without incom- 
moding one another. 
This observatory hive consists of four 
frames, each frame contains two lights of 
glass, one on each side, to open at pleasure ; 
each frame is twelve inches in height and 
ten in width, and I can open any particular 
leaf without meddling with the rest. It is 
also well adapted for artificial swarming. 
The Bee-master has the whole interior com- 
