TAYLOR'S AMATEUR BAR HIVE. No. 4. Taylor's Amateur Bar Hive is stocked exactly in the same way as before described--viz., by hiving the swarm into the lowest box A, as with an ordinary Cottage Hive, and in a fortnight's time the box B is placed over it, and the zinc slides withdrawn. After this has been given them, and is nearly filled, the super B is raised, and the box C is placed between, immediately over the stock box, to induce the bees to continue the combs. This hive consists of three boxes, one above the other, similar to the No. 3. The boxes are less in diameter than the foregoing, and have seven moveable bars in each. Recent improvements and observations led Mr. Taylor to prefer eight bars, and to have the boxes made a little more shallow. The mode of stocking and management of this hive are the same as that last described. There is no outside cover or protection from the weather, but the wood is additionally thick and is well painted. We quite concur with Mr. Taylor in recommending a broader and shallower hive, and advise intending purchasers to select the eight-bar hive in preference. NEIGHBOUR'S IMPROVED COTTAGE HIVE. No. 5. [Illustration] Our "Improved Cottage Hive" is neatly made of straw bound with cane, and therefore very durable.[3] The lower hive is covered with a wooden top having in it three holes, through which the bees convey their honey into three middle sized bell glasses with ventilators, which when filled hold about 6 lb. each. There is a hoop at the bottom, another round the top of the lower hive; to this the wooden crown board is fastened. These hoops are a great improvement, and are less liable to harbour insects than if straw alone were used. The floor-board, as its name implies, is a wooden board, 1¼ inch thick, with a projection of 3 or 4 inches under the entrance to form an alighting place. This entrance is cut out of, or sunk in the board. [Footnote 3: This is the hive referred to by the Bee-Master of the Times, when he says:--"The second kind of hive I alluded to is made of straw, and may be purchased at Neighbour's, in Holborn. * * * * It is so well made that it will last very long. I have had one in constant use during ten years, and it is still as good us when it was bought."]