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been made may be verified by means of this 
hive, the result found, and new experiments 
tried. . 
The body of the hive is protected by a 
sloping roof, and has three shutters to open 
at pleasure, and the entrance for the Bees 
into this hive is made through the thickness 
of the floor board. I will only add that the 
appearance of the Bees in this hive is beau- 
tiful, and excites admiration and surprise, 
nay, iscapable of enlivening the drooping 
spirit of the most desponding apiarian, for 
who can view the queen of the hive con- 
stantly laying her eggs, and, by so doing, 
constantly propagating her species and her 
thousands of subjects, whose indefatigable 
labor in all its parts is so conspicuous, with- 
out experiencing sensations of the purest 
pleasure, nay, more, of gratitude to God for 
his goodness to man. 
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