The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . dry, give two coats ofwhite paint. When the paint is dry, lay the whole surface over with strong putty inimitation of the bark of theelm, ash, or any tree, to yourfancy. When dry, paint it aslike the colour as you can,and stick pieces of moss andlichen in the putty from thetrees. There may be somefixture on the top, to throwoff the rain. This one hasa large cone of the stonepine, for the bees to lightupon. The sticks are fixed cross-wise, proceeding from thethree entrance holes to eachside of the door in the bu
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . dry, give two coats ofwhite paint. When the paint is dry, lay the whole surface over with strong putty inimitation of the bark of theelm, ash, or any tree, to yourfancy. When dry, paint it aslike the colour as you can,and stick pieces of moss andlichen in the putty from thetrees. There may be somefixture on the top, to throwoff the rain. This one hasa large cone of the stonepine, for the bees to lightupon. The sticks are fixed cross-wise, proceeding from thethree entrance holes to eachside of the door in the bushes are growingup the two sides, and a fewplants of thyme in bee-holes in the bark look like keyholes, and they,being the same as in a door, and painted like bark, are notnoticed; they have brass outside shuts in cold weather. Construction of a Beehive from which the Honey may hetaken without destroying the Bees.—Make a square hive ofStraw; when at the height of 5 in. work a floor of the sameall over, leaving three round holes in the middle, about half. 666 ^(^ Instrument for an inch wide, in this way, . * Get a beeliive, and fix a fewthin willow sticks up the sides and top inside. Line the insidewith canvass fixed to the sticks, and fastened outside thehive. Fix a thin board in the mouth of the hive, making itfit quite close and tight. Then make three holes in themiddle, the same as before noticed, which lay over the holes inthe division or floor. Then continue making the outside hiveuntil high enough to permit the passage of the other; and leavea door to open, to take it out and put another in. Three sticksare to be placed from the bottom to the holes in the floor, forthe bees to creep up into the upper hive, where it is likelythey will first begin. When the upper hive is full of honey,take it out and put in another, leaving always what honey isin the under one for their support. When you wish to takethe honey, set the hive on a dish, cut the fastening of thecanv
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