Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-11-02
Observation-Disclosures.
BEES! BEES! 80.
T.. l.. LangStrOth'S Movable Comb Hive,


Patented October 5th, 1852.
TNACH comb in this hive is attached to o separate
IL 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
engaging the bees By this arrangement, weak stock
be easily strengthened by helping them to combs
honey or maturing brood taken from strong Ones and
oueenless colonies saved from certain ruin by giving
them the means of obtaining another queen.
As all the stocks in the Apiary, by the co9troi Q,
the Combs can be kept strong in numbers and IN the
possession of fertile queen the ravages OF the DEC
moth may be efectually prevented
fthe bee keeper suspects that anythingis the mat
ter with hive, be can open It, and BY actual exami-
nation of its combs, ascertain, in few minutes Ns
true condition. and thus apply intelligenty the rem
New colonies may be formed in less time than is
usually required for hving natural swarms; or the
hive may be managed on the common swarming plan,
or enlarged (withoutany alteration OF existing par
80 as to afford ample accommooatioh W non-s
ing stock. !.
By very simple arrangement, the queen may De
confined while the workers have their liberty so that
bees may beleft at any time without the least RISK
of their swarming in the absence OF the oee-keepss
The drones when in full flight may, by the same de-
vice, be excluded from the hive and destroyed.
The surplus honey may be stored in an upper Dox,
in frames so secured to admit of safe ransporta-
ton, any one Of which may be taken out separately
and disposed of If preferred 1t may be stored In
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 and
easily fastened in the Frame and if this operation Is
skfuy 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 be easily removed,
and with safety both to tho bees and the operator,
then every enlightened beekeeper 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 he has
spent tenfod as much time in efforts to perfect the
hive as he has in endeavorng to introduce it to the
public This hive can be made in simple, cheap
and durable form, or may be constructed with glass
on all sides.
An individual or farm right to use this invention
will be sold for five dollars. Such right the
purchaser to use and construct for his own use, on
his own premises and not otherwise, any number OF
hives Ministers Of the Gospel are permitted to use
the hive without any charge ..,. ,sraa.,ssl.
Applications for Rights to use Hives may be made at
the t.Staunton Spectator Office Hivei can be OBJ
tanned from JONI s. PARENT, Staunton. Refer 70
VIM. Carroll, Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis, Staun
ton. W. L. mcdAhEA'
Jnlv 90. 1853. ..--., ,--.