The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-31
200 PER CENT ASSUREDI
A NEW DISCOVERY AND INVENTION.

Phelps Ohio Combination Patent Bee Hive
was awarded the first premium and diploma
at the Ohio State Fair. September, 1851, ovei
Kelsey's, Dugdais Case & Landreth's Wheel
ers and Gilmore's, also diploma for the best
Hive at the Indiana State Fair, and premi
um at the New York State Fair, September
1852, also at the Crystal Palace and at runner
Gus County Fairs. 1t is acknowledged by all
practical bee keepers, stands unrivalled, and
ahead Of all other Hives yet kncwn, to be
what its name indicates, a combination of all
those principles necessary 10 the successful
management Of Bees. Many persons have
been obliged to abandon the business on ac-
count of the ravages of the Bee Moth and fire.
quent losses by starvation. This Hive by
simple arrangement guards most efiectually
against those two great evils lis also equal
ly well adapted TO large or small swarms, and
likewise for swarming, on-swarming, or di-
vding hive, and in fact it excels all others,
Every farmer, mechanic, physician, lawyer.
gentlemen lady and clcrgyncn having per
manent residence. will procure 1t as soon as
they learn its excellencies. We would say to
those who never kept bees, that with this Hive
they may he managed with perfect mpunity,
ns all parts of the case may be opened and the
operation of the bees witnessed without com
ing in contact with them. The advantages il
possesses over others arc as follows;
lst. Its perfect adaptation lin regard to
sizc) 10 the actual wants Of colony Of bees
al all seasons, let ii be n large or small one.
I'd. The facilities it affords for obtaining
surplus honey or removing auy portions of the
old combs, are superior to any other, as the
bees may lie made to leave either box when
desired before removing it from the hive with
out disturbing or injuring them in the least.
3D. Ii affords the best opportunity for OBJ
serving the operations of the bees the amount
of honey in store and the strength Of the col
ony at all times without exposure to the bees
4th. The construction of the hive with The
alighling board is such that it will ALWAYS save
the expense Of a building on purpose for bees,
Ms il may he put in any out building, garrett
grainery, attic, or even dining room if you
please, where your honey will not slip OF
without your personal observation.
9th, 1t is acknowledged 10 afford the bees
better protection against moths and robbers
than any other hive yet known, as the small
Aperture at which the bees enter is the only
means OF access for the miller, and this being
three inches over the bottom the bees are not
SO liable to leave it during evening as il il was
at the bottom Of the hive.
9th. 1t affords more convenient and ef.
fectual means of destroying moths after they
get into the hive than any other, as there is a
perfect moth trap to catch them.
eth 1t is also acknowledged by all who
have fed bees in this way TO be the most con
venient hive for that purpose know and the
only one that bees can be fed with any degree
of safety against robbers.
sth. Ii is so well arranged for winterins
bees successfully as it is well ventilated. and
the boxes containing the bees being encl sed
in case, keeps them in an even temperature
during winter and they consume much less
honey than in any other hive.
9th. The bee feeder by this lmprovemcni.
can prolong the season by feeding your bees
keeps them making honey with profit OF 100
per cent.
To amateurs, bee keepers and all lovers of
honey, there is no investment which offers such
inducements and combines so many advan-
tages a. this, One Of these hives with bees
in it a work has been and now is on exhibition
at the Crystal Palace and has attracted the at
tenton and called forth the admiration oftens
of thousands, and is acknowledged 10 be the
most simple. cheap and perfect arrangement
of the Kind ever Invented.
This hive has been thoroughly tried and
tested by the undersigned individuals from two
to five years, and this is the frsi introduction
OF this patent in this State,
II. n Park, Joha Brumback, V:A'dorf
Jnm9s stone, Pete iioler, N.oRannon
saml Bowers, Tho. Blanchard, w. Alslorf
A. Sherwood, Jas. Wells,
Co, ohio...Also. john }. Putnam, +. r. Lamb, l..
Merchant, Newark Ohio,-C. Springer, Modem Fam
Muskingum Co, Ohio,-Jos. Wells Union Licking
Co, Ohio,-Oliver A. Moucl, Montgolncry,-W. Van
vrankon, Schenectady, n. Y Edwin Phopl Wcst
field, ss,-Isaac Grnin, Quaker Sprinks, Saratoga
Co., N. Y.-Caeb II. Hall, Blue Rock Township, Ohio
Certificates OF the above named gentlemen
can be seen by calling on the subscriber who
is the sole agent for Rutland, Addison and
Chittenden counties.
Individual rights for Phelps Combination
Hive, with recipes for making bee feed and
full explanations IS. IIiye,-with all lfxings
entire and Bee Feeder, 81.
Any person desrous of seeing the above
named Hive, can 60 SO by calling on Daniel
Bdwell, East Mddlebnry, Vt,or on the agent
.ErAny person desiring to procure right
OF Phelps Combination Bee Hive, can do so
by addressing the subscriber, postpaid
Any persons wishing to make their own
hlves cando so and transfer any swarm Of bees
WANTED lmmEDIATELY.-500 Hives made
good Job for mechanic to engage in.
4sly GUSTAVUS PERKINS, Agent.
East Middlebury, Vt, March %, 1854.