The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-12-31
tFrow the scie s,isc American

! ItrcU the Seize HtiAc American
.Thc American Bee Hive."-" The.
culture Of the honey bee has engaged the at
tention Of Intelligent and erterprising men
Of all ages. ye, within = few yests, by the in.
PRODUCTION ofmovsbie frames and other I'm.
provcments for bee hives. old ssstems have
been abandoned, former theories exploded,
and bee keeping rendered as certain and
more remunerative with. with less capital.
than mos, other rural pursuits. The shape
and construction of most hives In ase are not
having sufficient depth 81 comb. besides the
difficulty IN remoeing the frames, and iistil
ity of ipjurins the combs and bees, greatly
impair their utiF,y. The hive which forms
the sotjest Of this illustration (being the re.
suit Of long experience, } is believed to be free
from these objections, besides possessing ma
nv other advantages which render II vslua.
bic. In the engmting the inclined bottom
board. a, projects in front OF the hive for
bees to alight on. BY the use Of the small
slide, h, held in place by button. the en-
trance can be rcgu lated to airy desired sire
and by making the notches in the slide cor.
respond with the pillars c, tie entrance is
closed entirely. 7 he eide lars Of the nova.
bic comb frames, u, (scen resting against
the five), have Il cir lower ends lcvelcd out
wardly to a Point resting on the bottom
board causing tie hnmcs to incline into the
hiye. The projections, +. On the top and
bottom bars Of the frame accomplish the
two field urI Gee of keeping the proper dis
lance frrm each Other oid IRON tie walls Of
the hive.
The object Of having the frames touch on.
ly on their POINTS and ,de,s is 10 leave no
lace within the hive where the moths may
d., posi-, their eggs which cannot be reached
ty the bees. The movable side +, is inser-
ted from al owe into the rnIbeis A, Rnd Is
held " W tie niired CLAMP, II. by ihu'
opcnit T. E hive at the side, the frames can
be rtuuv,d without li,biley Of irjuring the
combs or lees as in lifi them odt at the
top Of the hive. The sides Of the honey
board @, rest upon TIE pLbets, c, rec in
ches behw The top Of the hive. These rab-
bets not only serve ns rest forthe honey
board, hut allow Il to swell without becom.
ing tight or shrink without opening cracks
into the hive. The rabbcts extending down
the side of the hive, obviate the same diff
cultics with regard to The movable side. At
the approach of winter the surplus honey
boxes are removed and the deep nolches in
the ends Of the honey board covered with
wire cloth the basin or cavity above the
honey beard il then filed With cut straw or
shavings to absorb the moisture arising from
the bees. Thus dccping tie interior Of the
hive dry and free from frost. A SWARM RUS
PRIPARIp, ~ A HIVE HAVING otcD DIpTH OF
COMB, WIN HOLLIS cur TurovGu NEAR Tux
Tor or TuE COMBS roR wiHTIR rAssAGIR Will
NOT PERIsH WHILE TuERE IS noNLY Is THE
nivE. The roof .hrped cap, II, is made
large enough to fit over the hive and is SUI
ported by strips fastened upon its inside,
and is easily removed without jar. The hive
Is ventilated from the air chamber below
the bottom board by n channel (not shown
in the ergraving,, covered with wireclcih, 81
pla ccd as not to bc coated over by the bees
and yet ad nit air without light into the
hive through the lower hole in the flap. ],
BY means of this device bees may be swarmcd
on the nucleus system (fully explained in
work by the inventors to be published
March let Price % cenis), securing to the
new swarm fertile queen, without remov'
ing the queen fiom the parent stock, or
scarcely interrupting its labors.'
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