The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
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A NEW DISCOVERY AND INVENTION.

Phelps Ohio Combination Patent Bee Hive
WAS awarded the first premium and diploma
al the Ohio State FAIR. September, 1851. over
kelsev'>, Dugdalis, Case & Landreth's Wheel
er's and GilmOrcs, also n diploma for the best,
Hive at the Indiana State Fair, and a prcmi-
un at the New York State Fair, September,
1852, also at the Crystal Palace and atrumer-
Gus County Fairs. 1t is acknowledged by all
practical lee keepers, stands unrivalled, and
ahead of all other Hives yet known, to be
what its name indicates, a combination of all
those principles necessary TO 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 ny
simple arrangement guards most ctec,ually
against those Two great evils Ills also equal
" well adapted TO large or small swarms and
likewise for a swarming, non-swanning, or di-
yiding hive. and in fact it cXccls all others,
Every farmer, mechanic, physician, lawyer.
gentlemen lady and clcrgymen having IL per
manent residence. will procure 1t as soon as
they learn its eXccllencics. We would snv TO
those who never kept bees, that with this Hive
they may he managed with perfect impunity-
MS all pats of the case may be opened and the
operation Of the bees witnessed witt out com,
ing in contact with them. The advantages il
possesses over Others are as follows:
l,t. Its perfect adaptation lin regard to
silcl to the actual wants of II colony of bees
at all seasons. let il he Il LARGE or small enc.
I'd. The facilities it affords for obtaining
surplus honey or removing auy portions OF the
old combs, are superior to any olhcr ns the
bees may lie made to leave either box when
desired before removing it fom the e,wilh-
ont disturbing or injuring them in the least.
81. 1t 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 NJ all times without exposure to the bees.
4th. The construction of the hive with The
nlighling board is such that it will alwavs save
the expense OF Il building on purpose for bees
as il may he put in any cut building, garrett
grancry, attic or even dining room if YOU
please, where your honey will not Slip Off
without your personal observation
9TH II is Acknowledged to afford the bees
he'er pr itcctioG against moths and robbers
than any other hive vet known, as the small
appeuuie 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 il during evening as il il was
Al the bottom Of the hive.
9th 1t affords more convenient and cf.
fec'u means of destroying moihs after they
gel into the hive than any other, as there is a
perfect moth trap to catch them.
9Th Ii is also acknowledged hy all who
have fed bees in this way 10 he the most con
venien hive for that purpose known. and the
only one that bees cGn he fed with any degree
of safety against robbers,
sih. 1t is so well arranged for winiering
bees successfully IS il is well ventilated, and
the boxes containing the bees being enc sed
in a case, keeps them in AZ even temperature
during winter and they consume much less
honey than in any other hive.
9th. The bee feeder by this Improvement,
can prolong the season hv feeding your bees
keeps them making honey with profit oil 100
per cent.
To amateurs bee keepers and all lovers Of
honey, there is no investment which offers such !
inducements ard combines so many advan- |
tages A. this, One of these hives with bees
in it al work has been and now is on exhibition |
at the Crystal Palace and has attracted the at
teniion and called 'nrth the admiration of tens |
of thousands, and is Acknowledged 10 be The
most simple, cheap and perfect arrangemen
Of the kind ever invented
This hive has been thoroughly tried and .
tested by the undersigned individuals from two |
10 five years. and this is the first introduction
OF this patent in this Stale.
u. NJ Parks, JohH Brumback, y.AIsdorG
Henry PorTy, w Shlcld,, Geo. Engle,
Jamss Stone, Pete lloller, P N.OBannon
SAINT Bowers, Thos blanchard, W. Alsdorf
4 Sherwood, Jas. Wells,
The above named persons are residents Of Licking
20, ohio.-Also, John }. Putnam, =. T. Lamb, l..
Muskngum Co, Ohio-Jos. Wells Union, Licking
Co, ohio,-Over A. Monel, Montgomery, w. Van
vranken, Schenectady, n. Y Edwin Phepsi West
field, Mass p-lsaac Grhin, Quaker sprinks, Saratoga
Co., N. Y.-Caleb II. Hall, Blue Rock Township, Ohio
Certificates OF the above named gentlemen
can be seen by calling on the subscriber who
lS the sole agent for Rutland, Addison and
Chittenden counties.
Individual rights for Phelps Combination
Hive with recipes for making bee feed and
full explanations S. Hive,-with all fixings
entire and Bee Feeder, 81.
Any person desirous of seeing the above
named Hive, can 60 so by calling on Daniel
Bidwell, East Mddlebnry, Vt.,o on the agent
.sTAny 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 ndo SO and transfer any swarm Of bees
into them.
WANTED DIMMEDIATELY-500I Hives made
good job for a mechanic to engage in.
4s,i GUSTAVUS PERKINS, Agent.
East Middlebury, VT, March %, 1854.