Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEES! BEESi
L.. l.. LangStrOth'S Movable Comb Hive.

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Patented October 5th, 1852.
TSACH comb in this hive is attached to separate
~ movable Frame and by following the directions
given, they may be all taken out in few minutes
Without cutting or injuring them in the least OF all
enragipg the bees By this arrangement, weak stock
NAV be easily strengthened by helping them to combs
honey OR maturing brood taken from strong ones, and
oueeness 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
possession of fertile queen the raVages Oh tne oee
moth may be efectually prevented.
1.-THE keeper suspects that anythingis the mat
ter with hiye he open it, and by actual exam.
nation of its combs, ascerain In rev minutes, AZ
true condition. and thus apply intellgently the rem
edies which it needs. :.
New colonies may be formed in less time than il
usually required for hiving natural swarms or the
hive may be managed on the common sWarming plan,
or enlarged (withoutany alteration OF existing parts
40 az To afford ample accommodation to nonswarm-
ing stock
By very simple arrangement, the queen may be
confined while the workers have their Liberty SO tna'
bees may be left at any time without the east rsA
of their swarming in the absence OF the pee.KeePer
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 box,
in frames so secured as TO admit OF safe
ton, any one of which may be taken out separately
and disposed Of or preferred it may be stored in
saleable forms.
Colonies may be safely transferred from any other
hive to this at all seasons 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 az 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 bee-keepers The Inventor can
safely say that since the issue of the patent ne has
spent tenfold as much time in efforts to perfect the
hive as he has in endeavorng to introduce II 70 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 arightentites the
purchaser to use and construct for his own use, on
his own premises, and not otherwise any number OF
hives Ministers of tho Gospel are permitted to use
the hive without any charge
Applications for Rights to use Hives may be made at
the tsStaunton Spectator office. Hives can be Cd
tanned from JOHN s. PARENT, Staunton. Refer to
VIM. Carroll, Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis, Staun'
ton. W. L. mc0AnHA'