he importance
of transporting bees for a change of pasturage, and thus prolonging the
honey harvest. Regarding the natural history of the bee, I have merely
stated a few of the leading facts connected with that interesting
subject, drawn from Wildman's Book on Bee-management.

_London, April, 1844._

[Illustration: PLATE I. _FIG. 1._]

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE.

PLATE I, FIGURE 1.

A B C D E F and E F, the oblong box as shown in fig. 1, Plate I.

A B C D, the top lid of the oblong box; G H, the half of it made to fall
back, and supported at an angle by the hinges, _h h_; _l_, the upper
part of the lock of the box; _i k_, the two gable ends of the roof; _i_,
the perforated zinc shown as secured in a triangular frame; and _k_, the
outside appearance of the ventilator.

Q Q, the two quadrants, supporting the table, I J, which is formed by
the side of the box, A C E E, being let down; _a a a_, &c., fifteen
holes made to receive the back bolt, _m_, of the observation-frame, Z;
_b b_, two bolts to fasten into the holes, _c_ and _d_, when the table
I J, is closed, _f_, being the other part of the lock.

T, one of the handles of the box (the other not seen).

U, one of the blocks (the other not shown) to keep the bottom of the box
from the ground, when the four legs L L L L, are unscrewed from the four
corners of the box.

X X B D, the front of the box; _e_, the alighting board, four inches
wide, extending the whole length from F to F; X _2_, shows a small ledge
to keep the wet from entering the bee-box, and X I, one of the slides
_s_, drawn out, and extending beyond the end of the box; the other half
slide, _s_, on the _left_ hand side, not drawn out in the sketch, the
part under X 1, shows the opening for the ingress and egress of the bees.

R, one of the two pieces of red cedar at the inside of the box, fixed at
the ends, E F. E F. The Q Q, quadrants being made to work between the
red cedar and the outer case or box; _v v_, the fillet fixed in the
length of the box, on a level with the tops of red cedar; _c d_, the
holes for the bolts _b b_, in the table I J.

W W, pieces of perforated zinc laid upon the tops of the bee-frames
resting on the fillets, _v v_.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, six of the 15 grooves, half an inch deep, 9-1/2 long,
and 1-1/2 of an inch broad, formed on the floor-board: the holes shown
in the floor-board above the figures being made for the reception
of the two pins, _a b_, in the obs