The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-01-07

WThe American Rec Hive. -" The
culture Of the honey bee has engaged the at.
iention Of intelligent and e, tcrprising men
ofall ages, yet within . few years, by the in
PRODUCTION Of movable frames and other i'm.
provements for bee hives, old systcms have
been abandoned, former theories exploded,
and bee keeping rendered as certain and
more remuncraliye with, with less capital.
ihan most other rural pursuits. The shape
ard construction Of most hives In use are not
having sufficient depth Of comb. besides the
difficulty in removing the frames, and iabil'
ity Of ipjurug the eomls aud bees, greatly
impair their utility. The hive which forms
the subject Of this illustration (bting the re
suit Of long experience, } is believed to be free
frvm these objections, besides possessing ma
ny other advantages which render il valua
bic. In the engraving the irelin,d bottom
board. A. rro jcc,s in front Of the hive for
bees to alight on. BY the use Of the small
slide, II, held in place by button, the en-
trance can be regulated to ary desired size
and by making tie no,chcs in the slide cor.
respond with the pillars c, tie entrance is
closed entirely. The side bars Of the nova.
BILE comb frames. u, (scen resting against
the liye), have Il cir lower ends levelcd out
wardly TO a Ioint resting on the bottom
board, causirg tie frames to incline into the
hiye. The projections, L, on the top and
bottom bars of the frame accomplish the
two fold purpose Of keeping the proper dis
lance from each other aud from tile walls Of
the hive.
The object Of hayirg the frames touch on.
ly on their points md edges is to leave no
place within the hive where the moths may
deposit their ,rgs which cannot be reached
| Y the bees. The movable side +, is inser-
ted fttm above into the rnbteis A, and is
held Up ly ,lc niir,d chmr, b. BY thu'
opening the hive at the side, the frames can
be removed nitlcut lirbilicy Of injurpg the
combs or Ices MS in liflirg them odt at the
top Of the hive The sidcs Of the honey
board G., rest uron tie rabbets, C., q rec in
ehes below the top Of the hive. These rab
fNAS Wv WY thlNN 10 u iAeN l'i AhN hNh'N
board, hut allow it to swell without bccom.
ing tight or shrink without opening cracks
into the hive. The rabbets extending down
the side Of the hive, obvialc the same diff
culiics with regard TO the movable side. At
the approach of winter the surplus honey
boxes are removed and the deep notches in
the ends Of the honey board covered with
wire cloth; the basin or cavity above tho
honey bonrd IL then fill,d with cut straw or
TO absorb the moisture arising from |
the bees. Thus deCping tic interior Of the |
hive diy and free from iiust. A SWARM TiIus
'RhrAHIp, ~ 4 nIyf uAviNG GocD rTn oF |
rcr or THE COMBS foR wiNTIR rAssAGrR Will |
SoT PERISH WHILE TnEEE Is HONEY IN TIN /
nvE The roof shaped cap, II, is made
large enough to fit over tie hive aud is SUI
,orted by strips fastened upon its inside, |
md is easily removed without jar. The hive |
: ventilated frcm the air chamber below
he bottom board by channel (not shown
n the ergravingl, covered with wirecuth, 81
llnccd as not to be coated over by the bees
nd yet nd nit air without light into the
i've through the lower hole in the flap. /,
By means Of this device bees may be swarmed
n the nrclcus system tfullv explained in
york 10y the Inventors to be published
'larch lst Price 25 cents), securing to the
lew swarm a fertile queen, without remov,
ng the queen fom the parent stock, or
carcely interrupting its labors.''
See advertise 6ment in another e1lumn.l