. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July '51, 19ia.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 305 iB A CURIOUS OLD OBSERVATORY HIVE. [8774] I am enclosing a copy of an old family document, which came into my pos- session a short time ago. It is dated 1811. I have had permission to copy same, pre- vious to its being destroyed. I noticed . the paper it was written on was dated 1804. As I have seen no records as to when Mr. Lfover lived, I can only give it to you as I have it.— E. B. B. HINTS FOR PROMOTING A BEE SOCIETY. Columbarian socie- t i e s have been formed, for the im- provement of bea
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July '51, 19ia.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 305 iB A CURIOUS OLD OBSERVATORY HIVE. [8774] I am enclosing a copy of an old family document, which came into my pos- session a short time ago. It is dated 1811. I have had permission to copy same, pre- vious to its being destroyed. I noticed . the paper it was written on was dated 1804. As I have seen no records as to when Mr. Lfover lived, I can only give it to you as I have it.— E. B. B. HINTS FOR PROMOTING A BEE SOCIETY. Columbarian socie- t i e s have been formed, for the im- provement of beauty rather than the utility of the pigeon. Of still lefs use are societies for fancy birds, flowers and other trivial objects, which have been long establislied; whilst the bee whose industry is pro- verbial, is left with- out due patronage; and from neglect, the stocks are annually diminishing, but with our present agricultural im- provements, and in- creasing horticulture it may be presumed that a bee society will not be deemed the least important institution of the present period. After the estab- lishment of such a society premiums might be offered for afsertainingthe food most suitable to the bee, the best mode of taking the honey as well as construct- ing the hive and pre- serving its denizens. Where ornament and pleasure have been studied neat mahogany, and glafs hives have been constructed in the windows of dwelling houses; by which means com- pany in a sitting room may see into the glafs hive and be amused by the activity and labour of the industrious community every moment of the day and learn a lefson of employing their own moments to the most useful purposes. Some bee hives are so constructed with A ll"l i"llf» F Ma. MR. LOVP:r S HIVE. glafs of various sizes as to represent a pyramid; which, at the same time, are highly productive. This is done by placing over the body of the hive which is of glafs a flat round board perforated neatly round the edges wi
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