Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEES! BEES!
l., l., LangStrOth'S Movable Comb Hive.

Patented October 5th, 1852.
J7ACH 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 iniurng them in the least at all
engaging 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 the pee
moth may be efectually prevented.
1.-THE bee.keeper suspects that anything is the mat
ter with hive, he can open it, and by actual exan
nation of its combs, ascertain in few minutes, Hs
true condition, and thus apply ntellgently the rem
edies which it needs. :.
New colonies may be formed in less time than is
usually REQUIRED for hiving natural swarms or the
hive may be managed on the common swarmlng plan
or enlarged (withoutany alteration fexlsng parts
so as to afford ample accommodation to non-swarm
ing stock. 49, ,,,or NOV he
confined while the workers have their perty 80 lnLt
bees may be left at any time, without the lease rish
of their swarming in the absence of the bee-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 pox,
in frames so secur red as to admit of safe transpora
ton any one of which may be taken out separately
and disposed of Or if preferred, it may be stored In
small boxes or glasses in convenient, beautiful 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 and
easily fastened in the frame and fths operation Is
skifuly performed in the gathering season, the col
ony, in few hours, will work vigorously in the
new as they did in the old.
If the combs of the beehive be easily removed,
and with safety both to the 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 for sufficient length OF
time to test its value and is beginning to be adopted
by some of the largest beekeepers The can
safely say that since the issue OF the patent he mas
spent tenfod 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, ma. be constructed with glass
on all sides. -
An individual or farm right to use this invention
will be sold for five dollars Such arghtenttles 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.
Applications for Rights to use Hives may be MADE at
the tStaunton Spectator office. Hives can be oD-
tanned from JOHN S. PARENT, Staunton. Refer to
VIM. Carroll, Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis Staun
ton. W. l. MC9Aphi'
July 20, 1858.