. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 18, 1901.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 157 in straitened circumstances, he obtained a pension from Parliament in 1646 for an essay on husbandry. He died about 1670. His name appears in the pages of the two groat diarists, his contemporaries, Pepys and Evelyn. The latter, who was himself a many-sided and ingenious man and a great gardener, took - much interest in Hartlib and befriended him when in difficulties. He visited him in London, and describes him as " a public spirited and ingenious person, who had pro- pagated many useful t
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 18, 1901.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 157 in straitened circumstances, he obtained a pension from Parliament in 1646 for an essay on husbandry. He died about 1670. His name appears in the pages of the two groat diarists, his contemporaries, Pepys and Evelyn. The latter, who was himself a many-sided and ingenious man and a great gardener, took - much interest in Hartlib and befriended him when in difficulties. He visited him in London, and describes him as " a public spirited and ingenious person, who had pro- pagated many useful things and ; Hartlib's book shows that the principle of using movable wooden hives of the same size in combination, one above the other, was recognised at the date of publication. Nadir- ing was preferred to supering, as being more in conformity with the custom of bees to build downwards. Two distinct hives of this kind are described and figured ; the first, that of "that zealous publick-hearted and learned gentleman Thomas Brown, Doctor in Divinity, and of the Civill ; His hive bodies were circular, of bushel capacity, with iron handles, made out of casks. " Though in some places they make them square of four boards, yet because the round Figure is the most perfect, I rather choose it.'' The hive was stocked by placing a skep on the top and letting the bees work down. Three hives, tiered as in use, are shown in the figure. The upper hives were to be removed " when you see it most convenient, without the least trouble to the Bees or to ; The worthy Doctor was a bit of an optimist. "And because Bees cannot conveniently work in such a void space without some sup- port for their combs, the fittest that I can think on may be in imitation of such frames as Gardeners use for their Gilliflowers, composed of three or four very small hoops, and as many posts of Fir, with some crosse bars at the top, and in the middle to stay the combs,
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