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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



it to you. You are better versed than we are 

 in the section-case business, and better able to 

 pass an opinion, therefore we will not say any 

 thing. We suggested, however, to Anthony 

 that he had better put something behind the 

 outside sections, so the bees could not get in. 

 We prefer sections open three sides to all others, 

 because you can have them either open or clos- 

 ed top, and because in crates like this, for in- 

 stance, you could put the closed side against 

 the wall and effectually close the section. 

 Hamilton, 111. C. P. Dadant. 



[The principal feature of this T super, and 

 one that does not seem to be touched upon by 

 Mr. Anthony himself, is the special form of the 

 T tin itself. It is simply a strip of tin. notched 

 as shown, the upright part of the T being a 

 single sheet of tin. The ordinary T tin. as our 

 readers know, at this point is made up of a 

 fold; and the consequence is, that it crowds the 

 sections a little way apart. Anthony's form of 

 T tin reduces this distance to a minimum, and 

 practically lets the sections come in simple con- 

 tact, avoiding to a great extent the tendency of 

 sections to become diamond-shaped, as in the 

 ordinary T supers. But the notched or new 

 form of T tin is quite difficult to make, and is 

 not as strong as the ordinary T tin. It holds 

 quite well when the super is full of sections; 

 but I imagine it will not "stand the grief," sea- 

 son after season, when propolis sticks or when 

 the case is empty. — Ed.] 



GABTJS' CLOSED -END -FRAME HIVE. 



ITS ADVANTAGES, AND WHAT IT WILL ACCOM- 

 PLISH. 



than any thing in use now. It is a cheap hive. 

 It is the best hive for migratory bee-keeping. It 

 is easily inverted, and is mostly examined by 



By E. H. Gabus. 



In the accompanying picture, one section- 

 holder full of sections, and one brood-frame, are 

 placed on top of the brood-chamber. The lat- 

 ter is composed of any desired number of brood- 

 frames and two panels held together with a ^- 

 inch bolt. The frame ends are % inch thick, 

 and are pierced with a ^ hole edgewise, and 

 the 34'-inch bolt runs through them all and also 

 the panels. The bolt has a thumb-nut. The 

 section-case is made up in the same manner. 

 The entrance to the hive is cut into the bottom- 

 board. The brood-chamber rests directly on 

 the bottom-board and not on cleats. The brood- 

 chamber is reversible. There is no outside case 

 to this brood-chamber, as there is no need of 

 any. It has a cover like that to the Dovetailed 

 hive, only it is smaller. It contains less lumber 

 than any other hive except a box hive. It is 

 practically a box hive that can be also a mova- 

 ble-frame hive. It has all the advantages of 

 both the box hive and the movable-frame hive. 

 It is the nearest approach to the straw hive for 

 ventilation in wintering. 



This hive will accomplish all that is claimed 

 for the Heddon hive, and do it easier and cheap- 

 er. As it can be made of any depth it can be a 

 horizontally divisible hive. It is contractible, 

 expansible, and reversible, in a higher degree 



inversion, without unsealing the cover. It is 

 the hive for farmers and those who dislike so 

 much manipulation, and who want to handle 

 the hives more and the frames less. It is han- 

 dy for making nuclei or for dividing. Those 

 who do not like tiering up can add sections at 

 the sides. It can be made of any size desired, 

 without any cutting or waste space or material. 

 These are some of the advantages possessed by 

 the new hive. 

 Brock, Neb. 



[The principle of your hive is much like that 

 of several other closed-end-frame hives, with 

 this one exception: The end -bars are pierced 

 with holes as shown, and a tightening-rod run 

 through. The other forms of this kind of hive 

 usually have the tightening-rods just outside 

 of the end-bars, the panels or side-bars project- 

 ing over far enough so that the rods can be let 

 into slots cut into the ends about midway up 

 each side-board. By your plan every thing is 

 made secure, it is true; but I imagine that it 

 would be some little work to push the tighten- 

 ing-rod through those holes, because every 

 frame must be brought to an exact alignment. 

 By the other plan the rods are simply slipped 

 into the slots referred to, and one or two twists of 

 the thumb-nuts bring everv thing up tight. 

 Your plan, however, has the slight advantage 

 that the sideboards, or panels, do not project 

 over and beyond the length of the frames; but 

 for all that, t think I should prefer the project- 

 ing panels. 



Mr. Elwood and Mr. Hetherington, of York 

 State, use the Quinby arrangement, which is 

 somewhat similar. Mr. Elwood, at least, told 

 me that tightening-rods were too expensive, 

 and no better than the looped string, which 

 costs really nothing, and can be looped around 

 the hive in a twinkling when the knack is once 

 acquired. 



Perhaps I might say to our readers that this 

 kind of hive — that is, closed-end frames and 

 panels — makes the cheapest hive that can be 

 constructed, the two panels taking the place of 

 the hive proper. The end-bars are also the 

 ends of the hive; and all that is required is 



