The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 429
have paid a gooddeal of attention to bees, and have always had a tolerableapiary in my nursery. Dyers hive [Jig. 157.) consists of two deal boxes of exactlythe same size (a), outside height 10 in., breadth 11 in. in everyway, inside exactly square. The top front and two sidesshould be an inch… … same dimensions, only without the upper opening of communi-cation in the back, but with an entrance for the bees there.The boxes are held together by three iron staples (g), one onthe top, and one on each side, and each box has a pane ofglass, covered with a sliding shutter (k), for the purpose…
