The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-02-20


surplus serving as an ahghting board.
Over the entrance 1 generelly place
a little porch to shed off the rain.
The bottom board is nailed on
pieces Of scantling, two by four
inches, and in front place a board
about ten inches wide, one end on
the ground and the other on the
edge Of the alighting board, so that
bees coming in heavy laden that fall
in front of the hive, which they often
do, can reach the hive without much
effort. Around the box and about
81 of an inch below the top, a Cleat
one inch square is nailed for the cap
to rest on. The cap is eight inches
deep, the ends rabbeted into the sides
The cover is made to fit on loose like
the lid of paste board box. Over
the tops Of the frames is spread an
oil cloth covering, with the enamel
side down. The sections, eighteen
in number, are set in a crate, and
when put on the oil cloth is taken
off. In winter a piece Of coffee sack
takes the place of the oil cloth, and
the cap is filled with Chaif I make
TWO sizes of this kind Of hive, one to
hold twelve frames, the other ten, the
latter is fifteen inches long. The
frames are ny by 1914 inches out
side measure. l also make some of
my hives with double walls, the
space between the walls being filled
with chaf. These double walled
hives are good winter hives, bees in
good condition being safe in them
during our severest winters. The
Rev. Mr. Langstroth is credited with
the invention of the movable comb
hive, but hives Of this character were
used in Europe many years before
Mr. Langstroth's hive was intro
duCed, but he was the first person to
take out a patent for movable comb
hives in this country, and the intro
! duCtiOn of his hive and the publica-
ton Of his valuable work on bees,
marked the beginning of a new era
in bee culture in America, and he is
deserving the lasting gratitude of all
bee men, The LangstrOth hive was
made at first with board over the
frames, called The honey board, this
has been abandoned for the oil cloth.
The bees would glue the board down
solid and it generally took a chisel
and hatchet to get it off, and by the
time this was accomplished the bees
were in an uproar. With the oil
cloth there is no unnecessary dis
turbance Of the bees, when the apia
rian has occasion to look into the
lower part of the hive he rolls the
cloth back with ease, and the bees
are disturbed but little, and that
only in the part of the hive where
the apiarian is operating. The
frames Of the several standard hives
are Of the following sizes Lang
strOth's TX by 81, Quinby 1917
by ~ Adair I2z bp II1I, Ameri-
can u by IA, Gallup ny by ny,
DOolittle II% by 1874. The Lang
stroth and Quinby frames regard
as being too large and unwieldy, for
when filed with honey they are
heavy to handle, so that by the time
the apiarian has gone through a
dozen hives he will be pretty well
tagged out, besides it is much harder
to secure straight combs in such
large frames. The Doolittle and
Gallup frames are as near the right
size as any that are in use. The
frames should be made perfectly
straight, so that when hanging in the
hive they will hang plumb and not
touch each other anywhere.
! BUFoRD, o., Fs5. 10, 1884.