"In addition to this, I could, time and space permitting, tell you from what point the wind blew on each of these days, when it came full in front of my boxes, and when it came upon them in any other direction, when it was high, and when it was otherwise, on what days the Bees were able to get abroad, and also when they were kept at home by rain, or by any other cause. From these observations of the wind and weather, and particularly from the manner in which the wind was directed towards, or into the ventilators in the boxes, in conjunction with the movements of the Bees, I think I can account pretty satisfactorily for what may appear, at first sight, to be a little contradictory, viz. for the rising of the thermometer in the boxes sometimes when it was falling in the shade ; and vice versa, for its sometimes rising in the shade when it was falling in the boxes. But instead of writing you a dissertation on these subjects, or on any of them, I choose rather to put you into possession of the whole of my Bee-practice, by submitting to your notice a copy, or as nearly as I can make it a copy, of a letter I took the liberty of addressing to the Editor of 'The Voice of Humanity,' in October last, after the appearance in No. V. of that publication, of a representation and _imperfect_ explanation of your boxes. I was encouraged to write that letter by the following announcement in an article in that No.--' A due regard of rational humanity towards the Bec, though but an insect, we shall feel a pleasure in promoting in the future as well as the present pages of our publication. This subject has, moreover, a very strong claim, inasmuch as it also exemplifies the grand principle upon which the Voice of Humanity is founded--the true _prevention of cruelly_ to animals, by substituting a practical, an _improved system,_ in the place of one which is defective, this, in reference to the present subject, &c. _is true prevention of cruelly,_ not only to units, but to thousands and tens of thousands of animals.' Notwithstanding this very _rational_ announcement, and the prompt acknowledgement of the receipt of my letter, it did not appear in either of the next two numbers, nor am I aware that it is in the last, but I have not yet seen the last No. of that publication, therefore must not be positive. But this is not all: in No. 6, the conductors of that work express'sincere pleasure' in inserting an article, which, they say,'forms an admirable addition to that on Mr. Nutt's Bee-hivc;' and that 'the plan which it developes, in addition to its humanity, has the recommendation of being more simple and practicable than even the excellent improvements of Mr. Nutt,' Nowthat do you suppose this \(\mathit{administ}\) addition to your Bee-live,--this plan recommended on account of its \(\mathit{humanity}\), as well as on other accounts--is? It is no other than that most cruel and destructive one of depriving Bees of their honey _and of every thing else,_ by 'driving them out of a full hive into an empty one, so early in the season as to afford the Bees sufficient time to provide themselves with another stock of winter food before the bad weather begins.' Very considerate this, certainly! but who can tell how soon the bad weather may begin! Of all the methods ever resorted to of getting their honey from Bees, this, in my humble opinion, is the most cruel and \(\mathit{inhuman}\) : suffocating the Bees and destroying them at once is far preferable to this (I had hoped) exploded mode of robbing then. If practised, it will however, soon cure itself; but is it not a strange practice for 'The Voice of Humanity' to revive? Either the utteers of that sweet Voice are unacquainted with the humane management of Bees upon your plan, or they are unaware of the mischievous and destructive consequences attendant on the driving mode of deprivation, or they have little claim to the title they bear \(\,\)