Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-01
Patented Nov. ~, 1868.

II was the design of the Patentee in con-
structinr This hive to furnish Bee-raisers
with hive that would meet the appreciation
Of that class which keeps for the honey only,
and to overcome the mistortunes that have OF
late years befallen bees namely-dying in the
winter from changes of temperature, and de-
struction by worms in the summer
The reason the bees die off in the winter is
chiefly on account Of the excess OF animal heat
that arises from their bodies causing an un-
healthy hive. When the weather becomes
changeable the animal heat will condense and
turn to frost in the hive, and when tne Weath-
er turns warmer this frost returns to water
and running down over the COMB ana bees
cause them to become wet, and If the weather
turns suddenly cold, as 1t often does the Dees
will perish. BY the controlable Yentllation
of the cottage hive this difficulty can be avoid
ed In the working season the bees will wax
M the wire cloth over the ventilation hole in
the tor of the end boards A, but in the fall af-
ter the bees quit working the roof board Is,
(that is secured by four screws Is to be taken
OF and the wax removed trOm the wire clOth
and the bees will not require any more atten-
tlon through the winter, except that the bee
entrance does not get stopped up by snow or
other matter this ventilation Will keep the
hive dry and healthy and the bees will re-
main more inactive and will not require as
much honey to sustain them through the win
ter.
The hanging covers of the gouze covered
ventilation holes are readially grOOYed upon
the inner side so as to admit the passage Of
sufficient air for ventilation, but exclude snow
and the passage of too much air in winter.
At N are seen slides by which the commu-
nicating passages between the body of the
hive and the honey boxes q may be regulated
or may be closed when desired. This slide is
operated by a lever o extending through the
side Of the hive.
The Patentee claims by experience there
with, that by the use Of the ventilated cottage
hive the bees will be made to swarm from
two to four weeks earlier in the spring than
by any other hive in use, By the advantage
OF the ventilation in keeping the hive dry, the
egg grubb. or young bee will not perish in the
months of February and March They Will
therefore swarm, If the weather will permit
by the last of April or the first May.
The construction Of the bee entrance II II,
enables the bees to guard against the miller
that trequents the hive to deposit the egg for
the worm, the entrance being of hopper
shape, the bees in the evening will hang rlie
in this hopper or alighting board in a conf
pact mass which will shield them from the
dew; and as in this condition they have adj
vantage over the mllers, the latter will keep
out of the hive. As the hive is of cottage
shape, and forms a house Of its self, and there
fore will not require any shed, so the miller
connOt find accommodation to shelter from
the hot sun, or wind, OF rain through the day.
The honey boxes q are at the back of the
the bees, and are so constructed that the bees
cannot wax them fast to the hive and so that
they can be easily removed without any jar
to the hive, The construction of the honey
boxes is such, that the honey can be re-
moved by drawing four screws The inside
or the bee chamber is the same as that Of the
old fashion Gum" or "BoX Hive, with these
imprOYements-viz--th comfortable ventila-
tion--the construction of the Honey Boxes
the construction Of the inclined bee or alight-
-b0ard-and the cOttageshape OF the hive
The hive is nearly as simple in structure as
the old fashioned Gum" or BOX Hive"
A side light gives an entire view of the in
terror of the bee-chamber. The honey boxes
have glass on one side so that the progress of
the bees can be seen at any time,
B@y@ Individual Township, County and
State Rights can be had by applying TO
j. IL. THURST0N, Patentee,
Athens, Athens County, Ohio,
or to JOHN MILLIKAN,
Washington c. H., Fayette County, Ohio.
April 10, 1860, 2iFms