Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEESi BEESi
T.. l.. LangStrOth'S Movable Comb Hive.

Patented october 5th, 1852.
I5ACH comb in this hiveis attached to q separate
~ movable frame, and by following the directions
given, they may be all taken out in few minutes,
Without cutting or nuring them in the least or at all
enraeine the bees By this arrangement, weak stock
he easily strengthened by helping them to combs,
honey or maturing brood taken from strong ones and
nneenless colonies saved from certain ruin by giving
them the means of obtaining another queen.
AS all the stocks in the Apiary, by the control OF
the Combs can be kept strong in numbers and in the
nossesson of fertile queen the ravages of the bee
moth may be efectually prevented.
fthe bee-keeper suspects that anything is the mat
ter with hive he can open it, and by actual exami'
nation of its combs ascertain in few minutes, its
true condition, and thus apply inteligenty the rem
edies which it needs.
New colonies may be formed in less time than Is
usually required for living natural swarms; or the
hive NAV be managed on the common swarming plan,
or enlarged alteration existing parts
80 as TO afford ample accommodation to non-swarm-
ing stock. 49, he
confined while the workers have their nDery, 80 mat
bees may be left at any time without the least FISK
of their swarming in the absence of the bee-keeper
The drones when in full fight may, by the same ae-
vice, be excluded from the hive and destroyed
The surplus honey may be stored in an upper oox,
in frames go secured as to admit Of safe transporta
ton. any one Of which may be taken out separately
and disposed Of; Or if preferred, it may be stored IN
small boxes glasses, in convenient oeauntui ana
saleable forms.
Colonies may be safely transferred from any other
hive to this at all of the year, as their combs
with all their contents be removed with them ana
easily fastened in the France and if this operation Is
skf1ly performed in the gathering season, the col
ony, in few hours, will work as vigorously in the
new as they did in the old.
If the combs of the beehive can be easily removed
and with safety both to the bees and the operator,
then every enlightened bee-keeper will admit, that
complete revolution must efectually be Effected In
the management of bees.
This hive has been in use for sufficient length OF
time to test its value and is beginning to be adopted
by some of the largest beekeepers The Inventor can
safely say that since the issue of the patent ne mas
spent tenfold as much time in efforts to perfect the
hive as he has in endeavoring to Introduce 1t to the
public. This hive can be made in simple, cheap
and durable form, may be constructed with glass
ON all sides.
An individual or farm right to use this invention
will be sold tor five dollars. Such the
purchaser to use and construct for bis own use, on
his own premises, and not otherwise any number o.
hives Ministers of the Gospel permitted to use
the hive without any charge
Applications for Rights to use Hives may be MADE a.
the tsStaunton Spectator office. Hives can DO oo-
tanned from JOHN S. PARENT, Staunton: Refer 70
WIZ. Carroll Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis, Staun'
ton. W. 1. mc0AnHA'