rlabor in moving my bees as also to prevent any mould 
'from collecting on the combs. My apiary is con- 
structed for 62 hives 18 feet square, 3 stories high, pr 
rather 3 tiers high, 3 feet 2 inches betwixt joints, 
with a projection two feet wide on tho outside to 
keep the rays of tho sun from tho hives and also to 
keep tho bees from mingling : shelves on tho inside 
18 inches wide, on which, rests are erected to suspend 
the hives : shutters or doors on tho outside, which 
close in so as to render tho room perfee tly dark in the 
winter and when open gives tho bees all the light in 
summer : Doors on tho inside folding against tho 
hives in the summer to prevent any rake of wind to 
blow away tho bees to perish wlion they attempt to 
alight, in chilly weather. A stove is planted in tho 
winter which may be heated up us occasion may re* 
quiro to thaw out tho frost in the hives, and enable 
tho bees to move at loisure into any port of the hive; 
tho mouth or entrances of the hive aro slopped ; ven- 
tilator covered with a wire screen, and a box 4 or 5 
inches deep made water tight and to fit the bottoms of 
each hive, with a wire screen on the backside an inch 
rr two wide to admit air, is slipped under, and confin* 
cd in its place as tho bottom board is taken off, so 
that no bee can escape tho hive until I am ready to 
let them out in some warm turn of weather, when I 
am sure that tho atmosphero will admit of their safo 
r return. These boxes receive all the water caused by 
