SEPTEMBER 15, 1912 



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Fig. 1. — A corner of A. B. Anthony's apiary near Sterling, 111., showing his specially constructed hive. 



THIi ANTHONY ""LEAF" HIVE 



A Hive in which the Combs may be Thumbed over 

 Like the Leaves of a Book, and yet Lifted out 

 like the Loose Leaves of a Ledger, either from 

 the Bottom or Top 



BY H. H. ROOT 



There are few beekeepers who, at one 

 time or another, have not had visions of 

 an ideal hive made according to their own 

 notions; and manufactiu'ers of bee supplies 

 have had opportunities galore to buy 



"patent rights" for making and selling 

 these strange creations, destined to be of 

 real value to no one. There are something 

 over two thousand patents issued on hives, 

 every one of which must have cost a hun- 

 dred dollars at least; yet those that have 

 really been of benetit to beekeepers in gen- 

 eral can be counted probably on the fingers 

 of one hand, without counting the thumb; 

 therefore when we heard that Mr. A. B. 

 Anthony, of Sterling, 111., had invented a 

 hive we were naturally inclined to believe 



Pig. 2. — One of the hives turned over on end by means of the clamp, and the lower half of the 

 brood-chamber with the bottom-board removed to allow the frames to swing from side to side like the 

 leaves of a book. 



