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INTRODUCING IMPROVED HIVES. 
Instructions to Owners of Territory and 
Agents. — We receive many letters, the writers of 
which desire information as to the best manner of com- 
mencing bee-keeping as a business, and of introducing 
improvements in bee-culture. To avoid the tedious job 
of answering by letter, we insert the following article 
for the benefit of all such correspondents, which, if 
carefully followed, will enable any one to engage in the 
culture of the honey-bee and other branches of business 
connected therewith, with a small capital, and a certain 
and speedy return of profit. 
Arrange an apiary tastefully and commence bee- 
keeping in proper hives. Construct an observing hive, 
with glass sides, measuring two inches between, — hold- 
ing but one comb, and darkened with shutters. In this 
hive, the queens may be seen depositing eggs, and many 
of the “wonders of the bee-hive” will be revealed; 
such a hive and the Italian bees will attract a great 
number of visitors, who will become interested an 1 
purchase books, rights, hives, and order Italian queens. 
By Italianizing your bees and all in your neighborhood, 
you will be prepared to rear queens and Italian stocks 
for the entire region, which, aside from the profits of 
an ap'ary will give a large profit, and may be carried 
on in connection with selling books, rights and hives. 
An inexperienced person should freely send or distri- 
