A Model Factory.—Stand 191—G. Neighbour & Sons. Regent Street, and High Holborn, London. We have heard of model farms and model lodging houses for the working classes, but it was reserved for the Royal Agricultural Society's Meeting in 1864 to introduce to our notice a model factory, where we may see representatives of the working classes busily engaged in their daily avocations. The stand which we have quoted above, may afford fruitful study to such philanthropists as the Earl of Shaftesbury, who make it their benevolent aim to elevate the masses, and the lesson here given from actual life will not be lost upon working men themselves. There are several striking features worthy of notice in the "model factory." We can clearly perceive that it has been established on a principle which is essential to the success of any great concern—namely: the principle of a good understanding amongst the operatives themselves, and between them and the head of the establishment. What strikes us in this model factory is the unity of action which reigns throughout. There is no jostling of rival interests, and no misunderstandings, or cross purposes. The operatives in this establishment are so numerous that we question if any one has as yet been able to count their number, and yet all seem to be working in perfect harmony, their joint labour continually leading to one beautiful and sublime result. Another feature specially noticeable in the establishment, in question is the principle of subordination. Singular to say, that while the operatives are males[11] the foreman of this model factory is a female; but that circumstance need not shock the sensibilities of our fair friends any more than it ought to offend the prejudices of the sterner sex, inasmuch as the mighty empire of Great Britain is ruled by the gentle hand of a female; and moreover, in the one case as in the other, the presiding genius, amids all her official cares and duties, takes care to preserve the modesty of her sex. She never in the slightest degree obtrudes herself needlessly on public observation, and probably on that very account the respect shown to her by her subjects is the more profound and devoted. There is, however, one particular in which we would take leave to demur to the idea of this factory being in every respect regarded as a "model." We have not been able to discover that there is any particular period of the day in which the operatives are allowed to take refreshments. We, in England, have been accustomed to regard the dinner hour somewhat in the light of a sacred institution. And if the council of the Royal Agricultural Society mean to set this up as a model institution, we are of opinion that some explanation on this point is desirable. Indeed we have not been able to discover that the operatives in this establishment take any refreshment whatever. If they do, it must be "on the sly," vulgarly speaking. There is one peculiarity, however, which must tend to popularize this institution, and which has served to make it one of the most attractive objects on the show ground. It is the fashion in all the great factories which abound on the banks of the Tyne and throughout the country generally to act on the principle of exclusiveness to a very great extent, and perhaps wisely so. As you approach the door you see an intimation in legible characters, "No admission except on business." This may be very proper, but it is rather tantalising. In the model factory which we are now describing all the operations are open to inspection. Every action is patent to the eye of the spectator. This has been effected by a skilful contrivance, and it is this contrivance in fact, which has entitled the inventor to obtain a place in the show ground for his model factory, which he describes by the somewhat ambiguous term of "a new implement." But our readers may wish to learn what is the staple manufacture of this wonderful workshop. We reply—"honey." The factory we speak of is nothing more nor less than a bee-hive; or, to quote from the catalogue, "An Unicomb Observatory Bee-hive," with living Italian Alpine bees at full work; it was invented by T. W. Woodbury, of Exeter; and is improved and manufactured by the exhibitors. As implied by its name this hive has one comb, so that both sides are fully exposed to the light of day, thus allowing of an easy inspection of the queen-bee, surrounded by her retinue.

[11] The reporter was in error as to the sex of the workers.

INDEX.

[ [A] ][ [B] ][ [C] ][ [D] ][ [E] ][ [F] ][ [G] ]
[ [H] ][ [I] ][ [J] ][ [K] ][ [L] ][ [M] ][ [N] ]
[ [P] ][ [Q] ][ [R] ][ [S] ][ [T] ][ [V] ][ [W] ]

PAGE.
A.
Adapting board[76], [115], [116]
Age of bees[6]
Anger of bees[76], [89]
Apiary, best time to set up[11]
" Exterior and interior of[58]
Artificial Swarming[79]
Right time for[80], [81]
Directions for performing the operation of[80], [81]
Artificial Swarms, how should be placed[83]
Aspect[25], [114], [115]
Australia, sending bees to[100], [101]
B.
Baby bee, cradle of[9]
" emerging from the cell[9]
Bath and West of England Journal[97], [99]
" " " Agricultural Shows[47], [48], [124], [125], [126]
Bee dress[68], [74]
" Necessity for[69], [77]
Bees, reduced size of[79]
" Human breath obnoxious to[89]
" Artificial scent objectionable[89]
Bee Hives (Modern).
Neighbour's Cottager's:—
Description of[34]
Putting on super[35], [36]
Time for removal of[36]
Depositing eggs in super[36]
Neighbour's Improved Cottage (No. 5):—
Description of[28]
Directions for[29]
Weight[27]
Neighbour's Improved Cottage (No. 6)[31]
Neighbour's Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Hive:—
Description of[32]
Feeding[33]
Light not to be admitted at first[33]
Mode of fixing[32], [33]
" stocking[33]
Protection from cold[33]
Use of frame work[33]
Weight[32]
Neighbour's Unicomb Observatory:—
Construction and application[44]
Mode of stocking[44]
How kept warm[46]
How exhibited at Paris[45]
Prize Medal for[45]
Neighbour's Single Box:—
Description of and directions for[24], [25]
Nutt's Collateral:—
Description of[17], [18]
Means of ventilation[21]
Mode of stocking[19], [20]
" taking surplus honey[21], [22]
Feeding[19]
Shed necessary[19]
The late Thomas Nutt[23]
Taylor's Improved Cottage:—
Description of[43]
Taylor's Eight-bar Straw Hive:—
Description of[43]
Taylor's Amateur Eight-bar[26], [29]
" " Seven-bar[27]
Woodbury Bar and Frame:—
Description of[36]
Glass Bar and Frame[38]
Straw Bar and Frame, description of[37]
Special advantage of[37]
Origin of[37]
Directions for stocking[73], [74]
Woodbury Unicomb:— Construction of[46]
Inspection of queen[47]
How fixed[48]
Answering[48], [49]
Mode of stocking[48], [49]
Bees removed before Winter[4]
Huber's Book or Leaf, description of[50], [51]
Bee Houses.
Advantage of[53], [54]
Description of, to contain two hives[53]
Furnished with lock and key[54]
How hives are placed in[54]
Plan for excluding insects[54]
Description of, to contain twelve hives[55]
Object of colouring alighting board[55]
Bees mistaking entrance[55], [56]
Loss of queens[56]
Bee-house to contain nine hives, why not recommended[56]
Bee-keeping, inexpensive and profitable[113]
Bee-keeping in London[102]
St. James's Place[105]
Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park[105]
St. John's Wood and suburbs of London[105]
G. Neighbour and Sons' London Apiary[104]
Seasons, 1863, 1864, favorable for[106]
Bee-keeper should be a book-keeper[111]
C.
Cells, contracted size of[79]
Changing old stocks into new hives:—
Not to be attempted by the inexperienced[86]
Adaptation of old hive to the depriving system[86]
Directions for transferring stocks into frame hives[87]
Classes for whom bee-keeping is suited[1]
Combs, artificial[70]
Value of[70]
Mode of applying[71], [72]
Must not be jarred[69]
Taken from bar and frame hives[75], [79]
Fixing in frames[75]
Ensuring regularity of[27]
Compound Bar and Frame[40]
Cottagers, way to convince of the humane system[111]
Cottagers' hive[34]
Cover for bar and frame hive, description of[41], [42]
Zinc[59], [60]
Ornamental zinc[59]
Straw hackle[35]
Crown board[74], [76]
D.
Dampness in hives in winter injurious[33], [115]
Depriving System:—
Special advantages of[10], [35]
Practiced in ancient Greece and Italy[10]
Profit to be derived from[111], [112]
Dividing hives, reason why they do not answer[82]
Dressing hives inside with sweet not needful[35]
Driving bees, directions for[84], [85]
Drones, sex of[6]
Purpose of[7]
Reason for numbers in hive[7]
General massacre of[7]
All die before winter[8]
E.
Eggs of bees:—
Description of[9]
In supers[36]
Entrance to hives[18], [31], [37]
Epitaph on murdered bees[11]
Evans, note on page, extract from[3], [4], [5], [12], [13]
Evening thoughts in January, a poem[56], [57]
F.
Feeding[19], [25], [31], [33], [63], [64]
Feeder (Bottle)[63]
(Nutt's)[66]
(Round)[65]
(Fountain)[65]
Frame:—
Description of[39]
Mr. "Woodbury's improvement[40]
How kept perpendicular[39], [40]
Taking out with combs[76]
Direction for handling frames[77], [78]
Placing frames in hives[78]
French Bishop visiting a Cure (anecdote)[111], [112]
Fructifying flowers, bees useful for[91]
Fumigation, directions for[66], [67], [68]
Fumigators[66], [67], [68]
G.
General remarks[110] to [116]
Glasses, bell[60], [61], [62]
Great Exhibition of 1851, Testimonials of the press[119], [120], [121]
Guide comb[27]
" for glasses[61], [62]
H.
Hives—see Bee-hives[106]
Large number may be kept[112]
Hive should be ready for swarm[15], [115]
Honey cutters[66]
Honey Dew[94]
Honey, directions for draining from combs[110]
Keeping honey in the comb at a warm temperature[110]
Huber (Francis), extract from Memoirs of[51]
I.
Improved cottage hive[31]
Improved comb bar[39]
Increase of bees[9]
India-rubber gloves[74]
Impregnation of queen[3]
Insects that are injurious[83], [107]
Insects, cleansing hives from[83]
Interchange of combs for strengthening weak hives[79]
Italian honey bee[93], [94], [95]
Description of[96]
Great honey collecting powers[96], [97]
Opinions of German bee-masters[96]
Introduction into England[97]
Hermann's book on[97], [98]
Physical characteristics of[98]
Importation of queens in many instances unsuccessful[99]
Transporting stocks to Australia[100], [101]
At the International Exhibition[70], [100], [101], [121], [122], [123], [124]
J.
Journal of Horticulture[99]
K.
Keeping bell glasses warm[25]
L.
Ligurian honey bee (see [Italian bee])
Loyalty of bees[4]
M.
Mortar, not necessary for closing crevices[35]
Moths, how entrance is effected[109]
How to destroy eggs of[109]
N.
Neglect of bee-keeping[1]
Neighbour's hives (see Bee-hives).
Number of eggs in the season[3]
Nutt's hives (see [Bee-hives])
P.
Pasturage for bees[93], [94]
Honey yielding flowers[93], [94]
Wild flowers best[94]
Pollen, food for infant bees[91]
How collected[91]
Rye meal a substitute for farina from flowers[91]
Propolis, or bees' cement[92]
How obtained[92], [93]
Application of[93]
Anecdote illustrating use of[93]
Putting on super hive or bell glasses[20], [25], [29], [36], [75]
Q.
Queen:—
Description of[2]
Movements of, laying eggs and marriage day[3]
Honor to when fertile[4]
Combats with her rivals[4], [5]
Dismay of bees on loss of[5]
Raised from worker embryo[5]
Longevity of[6]
Old one goes with first swarm[12]
Leaves hive only in fine weather[12]
In super hives[22], [36]
Loss of[5],[56]
View of[44],[47]
Supplying queenless hives with[5],[83]
R.
Roller, engraved pressing:—
Description of[69]
Application of[69], [70]
Royal Agricultural Society's Show[48], [126], [127], [128]
S.
Spring, time to begin bee-keeping[11]
Spring, First flight of bees in, a poem[116], [117]
Sprinkling bees[77]
Stand for hives, engraving[24], [28], [36], [42]
Sticks in hives not necessary[115]
Super for bar and frame hives[41]
Bell glass (see [Glasses])
Straw[35], [36]
Straw hives:
Advantage of[34]
Preference for[34], [37]
Swarming:—
Usual time of year for[11]
Cause of[11]
Agitation before[12]
Provisioning for[13]
Usual time of day for[13]
Poetical description of[13]
Ringing on occasion of, needless[13]
Desirable to prevent[16]
Swarms:—
Devices for inducing settlement of[13]
Consequences of a second flight[14]
Means of preventing ditto[14]
Two sometimes depart at same time and mingle[14]
Necessity of having hives in readiness[14]
Bee dress essential[15]
Time for removing[15]
Care to be exercised when confined[18], [24], [25], [29], [30]
First swarms most valuable[16]
Second, cause of[16]
Premonitory symptoms[16]
Royal wailing indicative of[16]
Numerical composition of[16]
Third, name of[16]
Fourth, name of[16]
Care required to prevent loss of[14], [109]
T.
Taking honey, mode of[21], [22]
Thomson's "Seasons," extract from, on murdered bees[11]
V.
Ventilation[17], [18], [20], [21], [115]
W.
Wasps, how to prevent the increase of[106], [107]
Season 1864 productive of[107]
Water essential[94]
Mismanagement of, during voyage[101]
Weighing hives, importance of[88]
Salter's spring balance best[88]
How to judge of quantity without[88]
Windows, objections to[38]
Wildman[102]
Marvellous feats of[103]
Secret of success[103]
Worker bee:—
Description of[8]
Sex of[8]
Number in hive[8]
Young ones, employment of[8]

NEIGHBOUR'S

IMPROVED BEE-HIVES,

FOR

TAKING HONEY WITHOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEES.