Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-11-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEES! BEESi
l., l.. LangStr0th'S Movable Comb Hive.
Patented October 5th. 1852

Patented October 9th, 1867.
mach comb in this hivei is attached to 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
enraging the bees By this arrangement, weak stock
may be easily strengthened by helping to combs
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 ana In tne
possession of fertile queen, the ravages OF the oee
moth may be efectually prevented.
1.-THE beekeeper suspects that anything IS tne mat
ter with hive, he open It, and by actual exami
nation of its combs ascertain in few minutes, lts
true condition, and thus apply ntellgently the rem
edies which it needs.
usually required for hiving natural swarms or the
hive may be managed on the common swarming plan,
or enlarged (wthoutany alteration OF existing parts
80 as to afford ample accommodation TO non-swarm'
ing stock.
By v cry simple arrangement, the queen may be
confined while the workers have their liberty, SO that
bees may be left at any time, wshout the iease rsA
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 secured 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, peautiul anu
saleable FORMS.
Colonies may be safely transferred from any other
hive to this at all of the year. their combs
with all their contents be removed with them, and
easily fastened in the France and If this operation is
skifuy performed in the gathering season, the col
ony in a few hours, will work as vigorously in tho
new as they did in the old.
If the combs of the bee hive 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 effectually be effected In
the management Of bees ~ .
This hive has been in for a 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 has
spent tenfold as much time in efforts to perfect the
hive as he has in endeavorng to introduce to the
public This hive can be made in a simple, cheap
and durable form, may be constructed with glass
on all sides. $500 Z
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
Applications for Rights to Hives may be made az
the s'Staunton Spectator office. Hives can be OBJ
tanned from JOHN S. PARENT, Stanton Refer to|
VIM. Carroll, Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis, Staun'
ton. w. L. McdAhE1.
July 20, 1863