DAVI9’ PLATFORM FOR BEE-HIVES. 
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AN APIARY. 
This may be made from 4 to 8 feet wide, and 8 feet in 
the clear, running north and south, with a full supply of 
glass windows on the east side, which may be rolled away 
and their places supplied with wove wire windows during 
the warm weather. There should also be shutters for 
winter. 
On the west side, 16 inches from the floor, is an open¬ 
ing 11 inches high, extending the whole length of the 
building; and 25 inches above this, should be another of 
the same dimensions, with swing door. The roof should 
■descend to the east, unless you have an eave-troug.h. 
THE HONEY-BEE. 
All that is necessary to say about 
bees,, is, give them a good house, 
well located; good hives, well ven¬ 
tilated ; keep the filth-drawers well 
cleared; keep them in as even tem¬ 
perature as possible in the summer, 
cool and dry in the winter, and till 
it is warm enough in the spring to 
allow them to fly out; and let them 
remain as quiet as possible. 
WORKING BSE. 
