. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. HIVES. 151 the stock. The top one, much smaller, and not so high, is for the surplus honey, which the bees will carry up when the population is becoming crowded below. The middle and smallest is merely a covering for the. Fig. 44.—Flat-topi*ed Hive and Straw Super. other two, and for the sake of keeping all warm, dry, and snug. An improved Cottager's Hive (Fig. 45) differs from the preceding chiefly in the substitution of a glass for a straw super, and the addition of a window at the back,^ closed by a door, for observing the internal cond
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. HIVES. 151 the stock. The top one, much smaller, and not so high, is for the surplus honey, which the bees will carry up when the population is becoming crowded below. The middle and smallest is merely a covering for the. Fig. 44.—Flat-topi*ed Hive and Straw Super. other two, and for the sake of keeping all warm, dry, and snug. An improved Cottager's Hive (Fig. 45) differs from the preceding chiefly in the substitution of a glass for a straw super, and the addition of a window at the back,^ closed by a door, for observing the internal conditions of the stock portion. 1 In the illustration the hive is turned round on the floor-board, to show the 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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