On Artificial Swarms. 6r 
9. The capacity of our hive, or rather of one 
division of it, is the same as that of a good-sized 
straw hive of ordinary make, and when well filled 
contains enough to provide for the wants of a 
strong colony during the whole winter. 
10. The advantage of a system of hive with 
bars, to which the comb may be attached, con- 
sists in the fact that the comb can be easily re- 
moved at any season of the year. As the bars of 
each hive are fastened down to its upper part by 
a piece of wire which can be removed at will, 
the bars of the lower hive form a flooring for 
the upper, from which the few particles of wax 
which adhere from the comb of the upper hive 
can be easily detached. 
11. Our system, in a word, taking it alto- 
gether, gives an opportunity to a schoolmaster, 
or to any other person who has not all his time 
at his disposal, for taking an interest in bee- 
keeping, without experiencing any anxiety, even 
although he may live at some distance from his 
bee-garden. As an instance of this, although 
my bee-garden was for some years at a distance 
of about a mile from my own house, I found 
no difficulty in looking after the wants of my 
colonies when they required attention. 
