Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . 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. Fig. 2. is furnished with lock and key so as to be safe from unneces-sary disturbance. It is made to slant towards the entrance,10 facilitate the carrying out of dead bees and other useless substances. Traps for the bee-moth are made in the move-able blocks at the entrance of the hive. A strip
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . 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. Fig. 2. is furnished with lock and key so as to be safe from unneces-sary disturbance. It is made to slant towards the entrance,10 facilitate the carrying out of dead bees and other useless substances. Traps for the bee-moth are made in the move-able blocks at the entrance of the hive. A strip of cloth istacked across the front, so that the bees when they comehome heavy and clumsy with their load of honey may notbe bruised and injured by striking against a hard is provided for on the outside of the hive, and itcan be regulated without distuibing the occupants. Theventilators are covered with wire cloth, so as to exclude theenemies of the bees. Dampness is carefully guarded exterior of the hive is painted to preserve it from theweather and give it a neat appearance. The second cut {fig. 2), exhibits the interior of the hive,which is so constructed as lo give the bee-keeper entire con-trol over the combs without injury to a single bee. It maybe well to obse
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