THE HONEY BEE. 
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from working in the spaces between the bars, and' 
thus presenting an obstacle to their easy removal, he 
spreads over them a piece of gauze or net-work, sa- 
tisfied that the bees will not construct their edifices 
on so flimsy a foundation. Over the net-work he 
places a flat round board, divided into several sections, 
each of which is moveable on hinges, and may he 
opened in one or more divisions, as it may he desired 
to remove one or more combs. In this circular cover 
are several air-holes, closed with tin gratings, to al- 
low the heated air to escape. 
Lombard's Hive . — The only other straw-hive 
worthy of notice, known to us, is that of M. Lom- 
bard of Paris, the friend and correspondent of Huber, 
and author of a work on bees, which that distin- 
guished naturalist highly commends. This hive is 
in some degree a storied one, and differs from others 
of that kind only in having its upper story less than 
half the capacity of the lower or body of the hive ; 
and that, at the honey-harvest, the contents only of 
the former, which its inventor calls the Couvercle or 
Cap, are appropriated by the cultivator, while those 
of the latter continue from year to year the exclusive 
property of the bees themselves. Plate X., fig. 6, 
copied and reduced from Lombard’s Work, gives 
a sketch of this hive, where a is the cap, surmount- 
ed by a pointed piece of wood, designed for the 
firmer fixing of the straw covering ; b is the body of 
the hive, having a thin square piece of deal fixed at 
the top as the foundation of the combs, leaving open 
spaces at each side for the passage of the bees ; c, c. 
