=31. THE CYLINDRICAL SHALLOW WOOD HIVE= Is varnished, and will be found more durable than straw; glasses or small hives worked on top. This Hive is only adapted for a bee house, or where the protection is equivalent to one; similar in principle to No, 18. Price of hive and floor board, 15s.; if fitted with bars, 16s. 6d. Common Straw Hives 2 6 Small ditto super ditto 2 6 Small Wooden Super Hives with window 3 6 Floorboards each 2s, 6d, and 3 0 It is strongly recommended that all beehives be placed under cover, to protect them from the sun and rain, and that their entrance be in a south-eastern aspect. "Treatise on the Humane Management of Honey Bees," by T. Nutt 10 "Bee Keeper's Manual," by H. Taylor 4 "The Bee Keeper's Guide," by I. H. Payne 4 Prepared Fungus in Packets (maybe sent by Post for 2d extra) 1 Thermometers for Nutt's Hives (Collateral Boxes) 10 Ditto ditto (Middle Box) 5 Ditto for Cottage Hives 4 Zinc Slides, Ventilators, &c., in sets, for Nutt's Hives 10 * * * * * Transcribers Note The original owner of the book, Francis Darwin, decided to paste a very large bookplate covering the first three paragraphs of the Preface. A thorough search of the Internet did not reveal any other copy of this volume. So, this notice is copied there.