Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . and! how it is managed. We have been at some pains to collectinformation on these points; and we shall now give theresults of our investigations, in the hope that they maybe of service to intending or actual bee-keepers. Wepresent herewith two illustrations of a hive, which, withouthazarding the assertion that it is absolutely the best inexistence, we have no hesitation in pronouncing a verygood one, and, on the whole, the best that has comeunder our observation. It is manufactured by Mr. P. , an ingenious mechanic of Tor
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . and! how it is managed. We have been at some pains to collectinformation on these points; and we shall now give theresults of our investigations, in the hope that they maybe of service to intending or actual bee-keepers. Wepresent herewith two illustrations of a hive, which, withouthazarding the assertion that it is absolutely the best inexistence, we have no hesitation in pronouncing a verygood one, and, on the whole, the best that has comeunder our observation. It is manufactured by Mr. P. , an ingenious mechanic of Toronto. This i hive bearsa strong resemblance in its leading features to the Lang-stroth-hive, but embodies improvements suggested by othereminent apiculturists, as well as some peculiarities of own devising. A very fair general idea of its outwardappearance and internal arrangements may be gathered 164 JOUKNAL OF HOETICULTtmE AKD COTTAGE GAiiDENEE. [ August 23,18«1. &om the accompanying cuts, but a few explanatory remarksmay not be wholly The above engraving (fig. 1), shows the hive in its usualclosed state, and it will be seen that it has an independentstand, and is well contrived for protection against theweather. There is no danger of its being blown over, and it
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