Archive image from page 190 of Bees their natural history and. Bees: their natural history and general management: comprising a full and experimental examination of the various systems of native and foreign apiarians; with an analytical exposition of the errors of the theory of Huber; containing, also, the latest discoveries & improvements in every department of the apiary, with a description of the most approved hives now in use CUbiodiversity1178150 Year: 1842 ( PROTECTION AGAINST ROBBERS. 165 legged animal takes honey, hive, and all. We had so frequently suffered from the depredations of t
Archive image from page 190 of Bees their natural history and. Bees: their natural history and general management: comprising a full and experimental examination of the various systems of native and foreign apiarians; with an analytical exposition of the errors of the theory of Huber; containing, also, the latest discoveries & improvements in every department of the apiary, with a description of the most approved hives now in use CUbiodiversity1178150 Year: 1842 ( PROTECTION AGAINST ROBBERS. 165 legged animal takes honey, hive, and all. We had so frequently suffered from the depredations of this animal, that we determined to devise those means, by which our property might be protected. 'We therefore adopted the following plan. The pedestal on which we place our hives is about three inches in diameter, through which a hole is bored of sufficient extent as to admit a chain of a tolerable size. We then place the machine, which is made of strong iron hoops, over the hive: the longer end of the chain is passed on one side through the hole and meeting in the other, a good strong padlock is attached, which un- less the aforesaid animal be an adept in the picking of locks, imparts secu- rity to our property. The annexed drawing is a representation of our hive, as it stands in the garden with the protecting machine affixed to it. The editor of the Naturalist's Library has attempted to We had once three hives stolen from our apiary at Acton, the robbers of which were detected and taken into custody. The hives had been suffocated, and were properly secured with cloths for the purpose of effecting their re- moval. On the following morning, the culprits were taken before the magistrates at Marlborough street police office, and for the purpose of identi- fying the hives, the cloths were ordered to be removed from them. It ap- peared that the suffocation had not been completed, for a number of bees had recovered during the night, and the cloths were no sooner removed, than th
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