The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-05


CA) is a tube about one half inch deep,
one and a half inches broad Gin the
clear and from six to eight inches
long, sloped at the outer end, as shown,
for the convenience of the bees to alight
thereon.
[B) is a short tube that extends about
one inch inside of the hive. The hole
through the wall of the hive may be
an inch round hole.
Cd Ed is a partition, dividing the
hive into upper and lower cempart-
ments.
(D is a stick that extends from the
tube (a) to an aperture near (d) lead
ing into the upper compartment.
In constructing this hive, an Ordi-
nary box hive of usual dimensions is
employed. The hive is sawn apart on
the line Id e. This aperture may be
one and a half inches square, about
seven inches from the top, dividing it
into an upper and lower compartment.
A head about one inch thick should
be neatly fitted into the lower com
partment and confined with screws, or
other convenient fastening. About
half of the thickness of the head should
extend above the line (dH) which will
serve to keep the upper compartment
in position. No other fastening for
the upper compartment will be needed,
thus permitting it to be readily re-
moved for extracting the honey, or for
other purposes, when desired. This
compartment can, if desirable, be pro
vided with movable comb frames.
The bees a readily pass from the
lower to the upper compartment
through the aperture in the middle
head at d..
The tube (G) is placed about three
inches from the bottom of the hive. It
should be set at right angles to the
hive. If pointed downward, the bees
will not work through it. If neces-
sary, two tubes may be employed.
The aperture of this hive is as fol-
lows: The bees should be hived in the
ordinary way. Place the hive on a
properly constructed bench and cement
the bottom of the hive to the bench by
means Of rosin and a hot iron passed
over same. Or sticks about n inch
square may be nailed to the bench
around the hive, leaving a space of
about one inch between the sticks and
hive, which may be filled with wood
ashes, clay or any other suitable sub
stance. Salt would very probably be
better still; and some apiarians have
advised that the bench Jewell sprinkled
with salt before p~lacingthe hive.
The tube (O should be left open the
first day after hiving. The bees will
thus work in and out of both tubes.
Next morning early stop the tube o.
with cork, Or other convenient sub
stance, and note results. The bees are
apt to collect in large numbers on the
outside of the hive, being unable to
find the entrance to the tube (a). In
this case b etube o. must be unstopped
and left open the residue of the day.
Next morning early close again, and
thus continue until the bees are taught
to work In and out through the tube
(G), when the tube () should be per-
manently closed. But fail to open the
tube Co. when required may ruin your
hive. .
The millers that deposits the bee
moth eggs cannot find the entrance to
the tube (G), having no educator, and
consequently the hive will be free from
depredations.
= Soon after the war this hive was in
troduced into some eleven States. using
the above cut, accompanied with ap-
propriate instructions. The following
seasonI addressed a circular of INQUIRY
to all who had been supplied, and 1 be
lieve in every instance, where instruc-
ions had been followed, the hive was
moth proof.
If one or more apertures. say inch
round holes, be made in the hive near
the bottom and covered with wire cloth
sufficiently fine to prevent the moth