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Mr. Pettitt has provided, for those who can afford it, a very elegant and
ornamental house, which he calls "The Temple Bee-hive." It forms a very
suitable ornament on a lawn, and when three guineas can be spared, nothing
can be better. It is, however, more adapted to the garden surrounding a
gentleman's residence than to circumstances in which it is desirable to
obtain large profits from little outlay. But as I wish proprietors of
estates to take an interest in bee-keeping, I would try to tempt them by
specimens of ornamental bee-furniture.