Bee-keeping for the Many
by J. H. Payne
Is of very stout glass, with an opening at the top of about 2 inches diameter, over which a small glass may be placed when necessary. The large, or stock hive, stands on a mahogany floor-board, with a circular sinking to receive it; there are holes in the floor-board, covered with perforated zinc, for the purpose of ventilation. Within the hive, on an upright support rising from the floor-board, are arranged, in parallel lines at right angles, eight bars of about an inch wide, leaving a space next the glass all round, to which the bees in the first instance attach their combs, guide combs having been placed upon them. There is a cover made of straw for the whole, which reaches the floor-board, and can be raised at pleasure; a landing-place, projecting as usual, with a sunken way to allow the Bees egress and ingress, which completes the contrivance.
Books by J. H. Payne
The Bee Keeper's Guide (Fourth Edition)
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