In the Old Museum at the Royal Gardens, Kew, may be seen a Taylor's glass presented by us, some of the combs in which are elongated on the outside to the breadth of six inches. We believe that not only does a glass present a much handsomer appearance when thus worked--and will, on that account, most fully reward the trouble of fixing guide comb--but that more honey is stored in the same space and in less time than if the glass be placed on the hive merely in a naked condition for the bees to follow their own devices. This mode of fixing guide comb does not solely apply to this shaped glass, but is equally useful for all kinds of glasses. It is introduced in connection with No. 28, because that glass having a flat top and no knob, the regularity is more clearly apparent. The working of bees in the bell glasses illustrates how tractable their disposition really is if only scope be allowed for the due exercise of their natural instinct. They have no secrets in their economy, and they do not shrink from our constant observation as they daily pursue their simple policy of continuous thrift and persevering accumulation. Yet it is only owing to the labours of successive inventors that we are now enabled to watch "the very pulse of the machine" of the bee-commonwealth:-- "Long from the eye of man and face of day, Involved in darkness all their customs lay, Until a sage well versed in Nature's lore, A genius formed all science to explore; Hives well contrived, in crystal frames disposed. And there the busy citizens disclosed."--Murphy's _Vaniere_. THE NEW BOTTLE FEEDER. No. 44. [Illustration] It has long been acknowledged that the best mode of feeding bees is through an opening at the top of the stock hive. The "new bottle feeder" is a simple and good means of administering food when a stock requires help in that way. Any kind of hive that has an opening at the top may thus be fed; bees can take the food from it without leaving the hive. Another important feature is the cleanliness with which liberal feeding can be accomplished; and few operations require more care than does feeding. If liquid sweet is left hanging about the hive, it tempts robber bees, and when once the bees of an apiary have had a taste, there is no knowing where their depredations will stop; they resolutely attack and endeavour to rob other hives, fighting and killing one another to a considerable extent. Even if no hives be completely destroyed, weakness from loss of numbers will be the portion of most, if not all, the hives in the garden.