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MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



the upper box, made to take off and on, for 

 placing the glasses within the upper hive. 



This section is 

 Fig. 753. made square, 



but it may be 

 extended to any 

 length. " — Ga rd. 

 Cliron. 



Fig. 753 repre- 

 sents the hexa- 

 gon box-hive ; 

 fig. 754, Uni- 

 combe observa- 

 tory hive; fig. 

 7 55, a stand 

 with three hex- 

 agon tops, for se- 

 parate swarms ; 

 fig. 756, Dr 

 Bevan's storified 

 hive. For ample 

 descriptions of 

 these, vide Mil- 

 ton's " Practical 

 Bee-Keeper," 1st 

 edition. 



As an exam- 

 ple of an apiary 

 suitable for a 

 flower-garden or lawn, we present fig. 

 757, which was erected some years ago 



Fig. 755. 



The following very judicious remarks 

 appeared lately in a leading article in 

 "The Garden- 

 Fig. 756. ers' Chronicle," 

 in connection 

 with a critique 

 upon the bee- 

 hives from Ame- 

 rica which were 

 exhibited in the 

 Crystal Palace. 

 After pointing 

 out their defects, 

 the writer pro- 

 ceeds to indi- 

 cate what he 

 conceives to be 

 the fundamental 

 principle by 

 which bee-keep- 

 ers ought to be guided, as follows : — " Any 

 shed or other building will answer the 



Fig. 757. 



at Pishobury, and is described in Mil- 

 ton's "Practical Bee-Keeper," a work 

 which all those interested in bee manage- 

 ment should consult. 



purpose of an apiary, in which the fol- 

 lowing conditions can be secured : 1st, 

 Perfect shelter to the hives from the sun 

 and wet ; 2d, A firm place in the ground, 

 and so low in height as to be as much as 

 possible under the wind, and yet to admit 

 of the hives being placed from 15 to 

 20 inches from the ground; 3d, Free 

 access to the back of the hives, with an 

 aspect avoiding the morning and mid-day 



