Transcriber Note Text emphasis denoted as _Italics_ and =Bold=. [Illustration] NEIGHBOUR'S IMPROVED BEE-HIVES FOR TAKING HONEY WITHOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEES. [Illustration] DRAWINGS AND DETAILED LISTS FORWARDED ON RECEIPT OF POSTAGE STAMPS =1. NUTT'S COLLATERAL BOX HIVE.= Consists of three collateral boxes, and octagon top box to cover the bell glass,--swarming is prevented. Price, £6. 15s. Stand for ditto, 16s. =2. NEIGHBOR'S IMPROVED SINGLE BOX HIVE.= Working one large flat glass above, is fitted with a Thermometer, &c. Price, complete, £3. 3s. Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d. =3. TAYLOR'S SHALLOW BOX OR EIGHT BAR HIVE.= Consists of three boxes t»o of them fitted with moveable bars for the more convenient deprivation of the honey protected from the weather by a cover of wood. Price, £3. 10s. Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d. =4. TAYLOR'S AMATEUR BAR HIVE.= With three boxes, furnished with seven moveable bars in each box; this Beehive has no additional cover, but is made of stouter wood.--_Vide page_ 55, "_Taylor's Bee Keeper's Manual_." Price, £3. 5s. Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d. =5. NEIGHBOUR'S IMPROVED COTTAGE HIVE.= Working three bell glasses, is neatly and strongly made of straw, it has three windows in the lower Hive, with a thermometer affixed to the center one. This Hive will be found to possess more practical advantages and is more easy of management than any other Beehive that has been introduced. Price, complete, £1. 15s. Stand for ditto, 10s, 6d. (_Continued on page 3 of Wrapper_) THE ITALIAN ALP-BEE OR THE GOLD MINE OF HUSBANDRY: SHORT AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BREED GENUINE PROLIFIC ITALIAN QUEENS; TO MULTIPLY THEM BY HUNDREDS IN A FEW MONTHS AND HOW TO CHANGE GERMAN HIVES INTO ITALIAN BY H. C. HERMANN, TAMINS, CANTON GRAUBUNDEN, SWITZERLAND The Right of Translation into other Languages is Reserved. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY GEO. NEIGHBOUR AND SONS, 149, REGENT STREET, and 127, HIGH HOLBORN. 1860. In sending this little Treatise to the Press it has been thought desirable to present it to the Public as a _literal_ translation from the pen of M. Hermann, rather than a more highly finished production in the English, language. _We take the present opportunity of mentioning, that the first introduction of the Ligurian Bee into England was through our agency. A letter to us from M. Hermann, dated 5th July, 1859, (an extract from which appeared in the "Cottage Gardener" of that month) has given rise to the interesting discussion in that periodical._ G. N. & SONS. PREFACE.