1902 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



177 



the super-box is inverted and tele- 

 scoped over the body-box, tlie porch 

 being transferred from the latter to the 

 former. 



Dr. Smyth, of Dovemana. whose art- 

 icles upon Foul Brood in the Irish Bee 

 Journal have awakened considerable in- 

 terest pven in the Stpt*"? a^rl ^1na'^a. 



hive that it's"A i."for the prevention of 

 foul brood, but the critics, to whom any 

 departure from the standard measure- 

 ments is of the nature of mortal sin, see 

 nothing but devilment in the design. It 

 is impossible to say where the contro- 

 versy may end. 



Till' Trish bce-mnn's thoughts are, at 



THE MAMMOTH 'SKtP AT CORK, IRELAND. 



has recently designed a hive around 

 which a fierce controversy is raging. 

 The hive is absolutely free from de.-'.vl 

 air spaces; the floor-board may be 

 raised and lowered at will; the frames 

 are iron. As to the sides and bottom 

 and the roof, they are flat and canvas 

 covered. The designer claims for his 



present, mainly directed towards Cork, 

 the beautiful city on the Lee, where an 

 International exhibition is in full swing, 

 and where the Irish Bee-Keepers Fed- 

 eration, Ltd., to the order of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, has erected a 

 mammoth straw bee-skep to contain the 

 exhibits of hives, honey, etc. The skep 



