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lesson there tangbt, that in very deed he was 

 risen frum the dead, and rejoice in their Divine 

 Master. 



In conclusion, nenrly all the writers of the 

 past ei,u;hteen centuries have given, directly or 

 indirectly, the subject of our remarks a passing- 

 notice. And from tliis we see that the honey-bee 

 has a written history of over three thousand 

 eicht hundred (3800) years— a history intimately 

 connected witli tliat of our own race ; and that 

 its products have ever been, as tiiey still are, 

 articles of commerce. J. W. Barclay. 



Worthinc/ton, Pa., Feb. 19, 1870. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Price's Hevolvable, Keversible, Movable 

 Comb, Double cased, Sectional Bee- 

 Hive. The Casket. 



It is hung horizontal and angling. It is the 

 best hive for wintering, breeding, or stimulating 

 bees ; and has the best surplus " sectional " honey 

 boxes and storage facilities. 



Mr. Editor, and all beekeepers, I wish to bring 

 to your notice the description and superior ad- 

 vantages of the above hive, over all othei'S, on 

 the above enumerated points, in accordance with 

 the expressed wish of several correspondents. 



In the first place, I Avish to say that having 

 failed to winter my bees satisfactorily in the 

 several ways it is usually done by bee-keepers; 

 and after making all kinds of experiments, I have 

 ])erfected a method and invented and patented a 

 simple yet efficient hive and apparatus for its ac- 

 complishment. I claim it to be the best hive and 

 method of wintering bees, either on their sum- 

 mer stands, in a bee-house, or in a cellar, by the 

 removal thereto of the casket containing the 

 combs, bees, and honey. It is a sure protection 

 from loss and destruction of bees on warm days, 

 in winter and si)ring, when there is snow on the 

 ground, from their tlight and falling on the snow. 

 This misfortune with me has been as destructive 

 as cold — and the warmer the hive, the more de- 

 structive liave been warm days. 



This hive is also the best and safest ventilating 

 hive ever made ; it is impossible to suffocate a 

 swarm of bees confined in it ; it cannot be done 

 under any circumstances. But a swarm put 

 away for wintering in it, is safer from the usual 

 mishaps of wintering, than by any other mode 

 of wintering yet devis''d. 



I also claim for my hive the best and warmest 

 breeding apartment ; it being the best ventilated 

 also. It is the best hive for either the bees reach- 

 ing the combs, or the shape and position of the 

 combs for natural clustering of the bees for rear- 

 ing and protecting the brood, and to facilitate the 

 queen's laying eggs in the combs in circles. 



It is also, by its facility of revolving and revers- 

 ing the "casket" brood chamber, the best hive 

 to stimulate the queen to the production of brood, 

 at any wished for period in the early spring. The 

 brood apartment can also be examined, without 

 inoving the surplus honej-^ boxes or surplus sec- 

 tions ; making it the best and handiest hive for 

 artifical swarming. 



The V shaped bottom makes it also the best 



self-cleaning hive, harboring neither chips of wax 

 or other foul matter. 



By means of my reversible casket, I claim for 

 my hive, the best means of stimulating the queen 

 to the i)roduction of brood during a temporary 

 drouth in summer. The revolving of the casket 

 will immediately stimulate an idle colony to work, 

 during the honey harvest — the same as an inter- 

 change of combs, from place to place ; without 

 danger of maiming or killing the queen. By 

 means of it, likewise, I can get straight combs in 

 my sectional hive, by removal of the platform. 

 Then the casket and sections are laid horizontal, 

 or flat, on the bottom of the exterior case ; and 

 Avhen the swarm have filled the sections with 

 combs, the casket is placed on the platform, and 

 the combs are hung angling. Thus securing 

 straight combs, wliich cannot be done in a full 

 hive of empty frames hung angling. 



I also claim that from the shape of my 

 hive, and by the use of my sectional surplus 

 honey boxes (they being on a level with the 

 brood chamber), I secure the best surplus honey 

 facilities. The bees can reach the boxes or sec- 

 tions, Avithout going into the breeding apartment. 

 My boxes are likewise of the best shape lor the 

 honey emptying machine, for home use, or for 

 transportation to a distant market. 



The descriptions and drawings Avill appear, as 

 soon as I can get the latter engi"aved. 



John M. Price. 



Buffalo Grove, lotoa. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Bee Stings. 



Mr. Editor : — In these days of waiting, Avhile 

 the little honey-gatherers are closely closeted at 

 home, it may "be well to take thought for the 

 future. Spring is fast hastening along, and the 

 bees will soon be abroad. We may now tell how 

 heroic we Avere last season in passing among the 

 hives and in handling the bees Avithout veil or 

 gloves ; but a test of courage is soon to be de- 

 manded again. Inasmuch as Ave dread to be 

 stung, Ave are enlisted in sympathy for those Avbo 

 may be so unfortunate. Some of our best offi- 

 cers among apiarians occasionally get Avounded ; 

 Avhile many of us who rank among the novices, 

 could give credit to scores of bees Avhich left a 

 sting Avith us, as a piercing memento of their 

 zeal. We are safe in saying, we knoAV Ave shall 

 be stung if there are any bees in our vicinity. 

 How quickly all our bravery subsides, when the 

 sweet little bee is avenged. Benevolent hearts 

 have studied to find a "healing balm." We 

 have no reason to doubt their success, and really 

 believe it may be found Avhile carefully passing 

 through the following list of remedial agents. 



1. The first thing to be done after being stung, 

 is to pull the sting out of the Avouud as quickly as 

 possible. After the sting is removed, the utmost 

 care should be taken not to irritate the wound by 

 the slightest rubbing. However intense the smart- 

 ing, and the disposition to apply friction to the 

 Avouud, it should never be done, for the moment 

 that the blood is put into violent circulation, the 

 poison is quickly diffused over a large part of the 



