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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



side bottom edge of the outside case is rabbeted so 

 that this rests on and over the outside edges of the 

 stand. The top of the stand is the bottom of the 

 brood-box as well as that of the outside case. The 

 stand In the picture having been used, it shows 

 very plainly where the brood-box rests. The en- 

 trance is also seen from the top of the stand. This 

 entrance is 14 inches long by IX wide; but by the 

 use of the entrance-slide it can be reduced to 3 in. 

 long by % wide, this being the size of entrance al- 

 lowed the bees in winter. 



At A is the alighting-board, which forms a bridge 

 over which the bees walk up to the entrance. The 

 entrance, as will be seen, is under a portico, and 

 therefore protected from the rain and snow and 

 winds, and is directly under the brood-chamber. 

 At the corners of this portico there are " gumps " 

 upon which the slide rests when in use; but in 

 summer, when not in use, it is laid under the hive 

 from the back side of the stand, which is open, 

 forming a shed or storeroom where articles are 

 kept when not in use, such as honey-boards, divi- 

 sion-boards, slides, etc. 



The outside case, B B, is made in two parts, just 

 alike. The sides are 34 inches, and ends 33J^ by 9 

 inches wide, by '« thick. The cap F has sides and 



to cover the brood-chamber when one of the clamps 

 has been removed from the hive. 



L is a sack made of cotton cloth, and filled with 

 chaff or planer shavings, which answers as a cush- 

 ion to cover the bees with during winter. It takes 

 1/2 yards of yard wide cloth to make one of these 

 sacks; and when properly filled it just fills the out- 

 er case of my hive. 



Hanging to the brood-chamber D, is seen one of 

 my round queen-cages, made of tinned wire cloth. 

 At each end of this is soldered a tin band to keep 

 the wire in shape; and at one end there is an ar- 

 rangement into which feed may be placed for the 

 queen, and at the other end a cork is used as a 

 stopper. I call these "pocket cages." They are 

 very convenient to carry queens in from one apia- 

 ry to another, packed in the pocket. In the sum- 

 mer season I always have a few of these cages in 

 my pockets; and when I wish to remove a queen 

 for any cause, I run her with a few bees into one of 

 these cages, and put them into my pocket, where I 

 sometimes keep them one or two days; and when I 

 visit one of my out-apiaries, and find the man there 

 in need of one or more queens I find it convenient 

 to be able to draw on my pocket for them. 



Bristol, Vt., Dec. 4, 1889. A. E. Manum. 



MANUM'S BRISTOL HIVE, 



ends of the same length as the body; and as all are 

 BO rabbeted that one rests over the other, water 

 can not get inside the hive. Any degree of pitch 

 may be given the roof. I cover the roof with pat- 

 ent clapboards, as they are plentiful and cheap 

 here, and they answer a very good purpose. 



On the top of the outside case rests an empty 

 Bristol clamp edgewise, E, on the top of which may 

 be seen one of my bee-escapes, which I have used 

 15 years or more. These escapes are also seen at the 

 arable end of the caps, where I use them principally. 



J is a Bristol separator, and K is the follower, 

 which, by the aid of the thumb-screw, just below 

 E, holds the sections in place. 



The Bristol frame, 13 x 9>^ inside measure, stands 

 just below the separators. 



G is a division-board feeder, which answers as a 

 division-board, and also a feeder in early spring, 

 when obliged to feed syrup, and also to feed nuclei 

 when necessary. The feeder is filled, and placed in 

 the brood-chamber by removing a comb. The feed 

 Is then near the cluster of bees, and out of the way 

 of robbers. 



H H is the honey-board (brood-box cover) in two 

 parts. I prefer to have these in two parts on ac- 

 count of the convenience in using one of the halves 



IN WHOLE AND IN PART. 



Very good, friend M.; but I fear your de- 

 scrii)tion is rather brief for some of us. 

 Having the entrance underneath the hive 

 is one of my old hobbies. It was discussed 

 considerably ten or twelve years ago. When 

 the Simplicity hive is pushed forward over 

 the bottom-board it amounts to pretty near- 

 ly the same thing, especially when we make 

 the entrance to a powerful colony large. 

 I am glad to know that you prefer to have 

 the outside cases rabbeted, or beveled, so as 

 to keep out the wind and rain. I believe it 

 is a valuable feature, even though there is a 

 tendency now to ignore it. Your " clamp," 

 as you term it, holds 16 sections, if I am 

 correct. Your bee-escape, fixed permanent- 

 ly in the gable end of the hive-cover, is to 

 me a novel idea, and, I should say, valua- 

 ble. Altogether your arrangement meets 

 my hearty approval, though 1 can not but 

 regret that you have started another odd- 

 sized frame. It is, however, so near the 

 dimensions of the crosswise Langstroth 

 frame that it amounts to pretty much the 

 same thing. In fact, I suppose it would be 

 just about right to hold six one-pound sec- 

 tions. 



