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best hives we have described at page 21 ; the Cottage Hive, which may be made either of wood or straw, can be maintained at any temperature, and you may take honey from it nearly all the year round. At page 23, we also describe the celebrated Stewarton Hive - it is much talked about and extraordinary quantities of honey seems to have been got from it ; this hive should be ordered from a competent trademan, and it should be well and carefully made ; these are the two best hives of the present day.

We have to thank Mr. David Hay and Mr. H. J. Hawkins for the very great assistance received from them. They have advised and assisted us throughout, and, in a great measure, the work embodies their experience in bee-keeping in New Zealand. Mr. Hawkins, after examining the printed sheets, says, with regards to moving bees a short distance, say from two to four miles, he merely closed the entrance with a bit of paper, and tied the bottom board securely to the hive. He also says: - At page 18, the "The Times Bee-Master" is reported to say that bees never touch double-flowers, and that though the hedge rose and sweet-briar are favourites with the bees, they never alight on the magnificent and delicately perfumed varieties of the rose. These remarks are altogether opposed to experience - many kinds of double-flowers are visited as freely by the bees as are the single varieties of the same kind viz., the fuschia, balsam, hollyhock, &c.; and I think I may safely state that any kind of double-flower that will produce seed will be found to yield food for the bees. In opposition to the "The Times Bee-Master," I must state that the bees have a great partiality to the rose, both in its single and double state ; and as a proof of this, it may frequently be seen, before the bud is expanded,