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HIVES. 
have been accustomed to manage bees. The insects 
cannot cluster together in it, ns in other hives, and 
concentrate the heat during winter, and, therefore, 
are liable to perish ; and the smallest variation of 
the atmosphere is injurious to the brood. If, in order 
to preserve it, it is put into a warm place, it must be 
constantly fed." 
This is the kind of hive we have made use of in 
our experiments; and ns the figure, given by Febu- 
rier, (Plate XII., fig. 3,) is but little adapted to con- 
vey a correct idea of it, we shall present our readers 
with a sketch of our own hive, exhibiting what we 
consider some improvements on the original. Fig. 
2, Plate XII., is the frame which contains the comb, 
two feet long and eighteen inches high, inside mea- 
sure. The uprights a and b, and the top piece c, 
are two inches broad, and one inch thick ; f, f are 
cross sticks, about three-eighths of an inch square, for 
supporting the comb ; c is a piece of comb fixed in 
the frame for a guide ; g, g, are two iron staples, by 
which the frame is secured to the floor-board. Fig. 
4, represents one of the outer frames containing two 
panes of glass, A and b, each eighteen inches high 
and twelve broad, fixed in slender frames which are 
hinged to the outer-frame, and shut flush with it, 
resting against a vertical bar, c, which is half an inch 
square. When the two outer frames are applied 
and fastened by means of hooks and eyes, one on 
each side, to the inner frame containing the comb, 
the distance between the glasses is exactly twenty 
lines, or If of an inch. The panes being made to 
