Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-10-26

MISCELLANEOUS.
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l., l.. LangStrOth'S Movable Comb Hive


| Patented October 5th, 1862.
TNACH comb in this hive is attached to separate
lo movable frame, and by following the direction
given, they may be all taken out in few minutes
without cutting or nuring them in the least or at al
engaging the bees By this arrangement, weak stocl
may be easily strengthened by helping them to combs
honey or maturing brood taken from strong ones ant
oueenleas colonies saved from certain ruin by giving
1 them the means of obtaining another queen.
AS all the stocks in the Apiary, by the control o.
the Combs can be kept strong in numbers and in thu
possession of fertile queen, the ravages OF the pet
moth may be efectually prevented.
If the bee keeper suspects that anything is the mat
ter with hive, he open it, and by actual examl
nation Of its combs ascertain, in few minutes, III
true condition, and thus apply 1ntelgentiy the rem
4 edies which it needs F-H
| 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 without any alteration OF existing parts
so as to afford ample accommodation to anon-swarm-
| ing stock.
| By very simple arrangement, the queen may be
confined while the workers have their liberty so that
bees may cleft at any time, without the least 1sK
The drones when in full fight 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 to admit Of safe transporta-
ton any one of which may be taken out separately
and disposed Of or preferred it may be stored in
small boxes glasses, in convenient, beautiful and
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 France and if this 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. PER -
If the combs of the beehive be easily removed
and with safety both to the bees and the operator,
then every enlightened keeper will admit that
complete revolution must efeetually 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 of the largest bee-keepers The inventorcan
safely say that the issue of the patent he has
spent tenfod as much time in efforts to perfect the
hive as he has in endeavoring 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 TL
Al individual or farm right to use this invention
will be sold five dollars Such right entities 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 permitted to use
the hive without any charge
Applications for Rights to use Hives may be made at
the lsStaunton Spectator Office. Hives can be OBJ
tanned from JOHN S. PARENT, Staunton. Refer to
VIM Carroll, Jacob Parent and VIM. Balthis, Staun'
ton. W. L. McGAHE1.