Jane 10, 1873. ] 



JOUEXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



497 



Pettigeew's Hives (fig. 1). — These are made in Scotland, of 

 straw, bound with cane. The sides are upright, with a flat top ; 

 a hole, 4 inches diameter, is left in the crown, with a loose straw 

 lid to cover it ; a good thickness of straw is used, so as to resist 

 the effects of alteration of temperature. Mr. Pettigrew uses 

 18 and 20-inch hives for strong and very earl}- swarms, ajid a 



16-inch size for the later ones. In the drawing the lid is raised 

 above the hive to show the hole in the crown. It is easily 

 secured to the top by three long nails, and can readily be re- 

 moved when required for supering, feeding, Sec, 



Yates's Round-topped Hive (fig. 2). — These hives are from 

 the same maker, but diSer in having the top rounded instead of 

 being flat, and in having a wood crown worked with the straw. 



by a few nails or wire. It may be observed that bees storing 

 the stock hive increase in weight faster than when filling supers, 

 and that, to gain the heaviest weight of honey, ekes are prefer- 

 able to supers. The honey thus collected, however, is not 60 

 accessible, nor is the comb so pure as that in supers. 



Straw Supeks are neatly made of straw, with narrow laps, 

 very firmly sewn. Bees adopt supers made of straw more 

 readily than those of glass, so that if pure honeycomb is 

 desired, and the appearance not studied, these will be found 

 more economical. 



Stkaw Super Covers are to protect the glass supers, and, 

 though quite suiBcient for their purpose, are not especially 

 neatly made. It will be remembered that at the honey season, 

 when supers are required, the internal temperature of the hive 

 is very gi'eat, and the moisture given off very considerable. 

 Now, this will condense on any cool surface, and unless the 

 glass super is well protected by wool, felt, or other non-conduct- 

 ing material, the interior surface of the glass will always be 

 covered with moisture, and quite unfit for the bees to attach 

 their combs. This, to some extent, is counteracted by the 

 perforated ventilator, but still the glass cannot be too well 

 protected. 



Bell-glass Supers [fir;. 3), when filled with honeycomb, have 

 a very elegant appearance. They have a hole in the knob for 

 the insertion of a tinned perforated tube for ventilation. 



Mr. Pettiorew's Glass Super [fig. i). — This is made with 

 a loose Ud, and will hold from 12 to 16 lbs. of honey. 



Fi.-. 2. 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 7. 



enabling the hole for supering to be more neatly tnmed, the i The Aeingdon Super (/? 175.5,6, and 7), when filled with honey- 

 level^even surface of the wood holding a glass super more safely ] comb forms a very ornamental acquisition to the breakfast or 



thanjWheu merely resting on the straw; the wood plug being 



tea-table. It is made in three pieces (as shown in the engravings), 

 the body, the lid, and the stand. The glass is constructed ■n'ith 

 a hole at the bottom, 3 f 4 inches in diameter, through which the 

 bees enter and fill it with honeycomb. It is placed on the stand 



Fig. 4. 



also, perhaps, more easily managed than the straw lid. These 

 hives are not adapted for using as nadirs, but for all other pur- 

 poses are in every respect equal to those with a flat crown. 



when it is removed from the hive. These supers are made in three 

 sizes. 



Perforated Super Tubes are tinned tubes perforated through- 

 out. They are placed through the hole in the knob of the glass 

 super, forming excellent ventilators for carrying off the moisture 

 and keeping the glass cool, consequently not so Uable to contain 

 brood. 



The Lakcashire Bee-peeder {fig. 8) is made of tin. It is 



Fig. 9. 



A Straw Eke conveniently increases the size of the hive by 

 adding 4 or 5 inches to its depth. It consists of four or five 



rolls of straw, made like the sides of the hive, with a place left *- — — - u ,, . . , , 1 -j c ti, „. f.„„ ^ 



for the entrance. It is easily attached to the bottom of the hive \ by the dotted hue. Both the inside and outside of the entrance 



9 inches in diameter, and will hold 6 lbs. of syrup. It is intended 

 to be placed on the top of the hive over the hole m the crown. 

 The entrance is through the centre of the feeder, as indicated 



