. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. HIVES. los combs, allowing the Bees free passage all over ; they are kept confined by a thick glass door on each side, which in turn can be covered, and the light shut off by external Venetian shutters. The framework of the hive is of mahogany, and the whole revolves on an ingeni- ously constructed turn-table, giving passage to the Bees by a tiinnel to the external air. It makes a handsome ornament for a drawing-room or study, placed in a window ; a small aperture in the window frame will give passage to the Bees. This observatory hive has the evil of all other
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. HIVES. los combs, allowing the Bees free passage all over ; they are kept confined by a thick glass door on each side, which in turn can be covered, and the light shut off by external Venetian shutters. The framework of the hive is of mahogany, and the whole revolves on an ingeni- ously constructed turn-table, giving passage to the Bees by a tiinnel to the external air. It makes a handsome ornament for a drawing-room or study, placed in a window ; a small aperture in the window frame will give passage to the Bees. This observatory hive has the evil of all other glass hives, the cold nature of its material, and the narrow width prevents the Bees clustering, the consequence being that no stock can be trusted to the rigours of the winter in it; but its special advantage is that the framed combs can be taken from an ordinary Woodbury hive at the approach of summer and returned to tlieir old place when summer is gone. In such a hive every Bee can be brought under observation, and when the Queen be not found on one side turn to the other and there she must be. This hive is made by Neighbour & Sons, Regent Street, London. Abbott's Observatory Hive.—This hive, of late. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, John. London, W. H. Allen
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