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CHAPTER III. 
ON THE BEE-HOUSE SIMPLIFIED. 
It is generally known that bee-houses should 
be exposed as much as possible to the ten-o'clock 
sun, and, at the same time, be sheltered from the 
north wind. It is known also that a bee-house 
should be suitable for the system of hives which 
it is proposed to adopt. Now, in the bee- 
house which we recommend, and in which we 
have taken pains to unite all the advantages of 
each system in use throughout French Switzer- 
land,* the space between each row of hives should 
be sufficient to allow three hives to be placed 
one above the other, each being about six 
inches in height, in addition to which two inches 
must be allowed for the floor and crown boards. 
* See frontispiece. 
