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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1 



RICH S OBSERVATORY HIVE; BROOD SIDE. 



fences also. Next to the brood- 

 frames are the fences, then holders 

 with sections, and another row of 

 fences and holders with sections 

 complete the hive, making forty 

 4X5 sections in all. The hive is 

 opened by removing four screws 

 through the sash. To exclude the 

 light I have a frame covered with 

 rubber roofing that hooks in place 

 over this sash. The spots on the 

 glass show the brace-combs. The 

 photo was taken at a time when 

 there was but little honey in the hive. 

 Trezevant, Tenn. 



[The method here shown is some- 

 thing like the plan I'sed in Germany. 

 The hives are not top opening but 

 side opening. It is a very slow, te- 

 dious process, perfectly permissible 

 in an observatory hive, but intoler- 

 able in a hive for general honey pro- 

 duction. Of course, some of our 

 German cousins may think other- 

 wise. But it seems like a lot of 

 work to take out every frame to get 

 out the frame on the far side, or half 

 the frames to reach one in the mid- 

 dle. They claim a hive with a mov- 

 able roof is unhygenic because it al- 

 lows the natural heat to escape too 

 freely; at least that is the claim made 

 by Berlepsch and Dzierzon. — Ed.] 



frames with full sheets of founda- 

 tion he soon had them ready for 

 the supers, and on July 10th he 

 had removed 111 sections of honey 

 from the two hives, and 48 unfin- 

 ished sections still remain, with 

 a prospect of being finished with 

 a fall flow. 



The report is a good one, and 

 shows what can be accomplished 

 when a man is determined to excel 

 in his work, and this is Dr. Jame- 

 son's method in all which he un- 

 dertakes. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



OBSERVATORY HIVES. 



A Side-opening Hive that 

 Useful as well as Orna- 

 mental. 



BY GEO. W. RICH. 



The illustration shows the front 

 and back of my observatory hive, 

 which is not only nice for observ- 

 atory purposes but as good for 

 comb honey as any other hive. 

 The front is four frames high and 

 two deep. The frames are made 

 after the Hoffman pattern, but are 

 only 7 inches deep. The cleats 

 that support the frames go across 

 to hold the section-holders and 



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