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Another ijood feature about tliis hive is, 

 that it is not neccssiiry to uwe any queen- 

 cxchuk'r betwuen tlic section-cases and 

 brood elianiber ; and, rurtherinore, of the 

 thousands of Ray State hives in use, no 

 queen has ever been known to enter the 

 sections and deposit eijiis therein. Can 

 this be said of any oilier hive in use? By 



saw-kerf in tlie top-bar, for inserting 

 foundation (;oiiil)-fiuide. or for fastening 

 full slieets of foundation wlien desirable 

 to do so. The foundation is placed in the 

 kerf, and then tliree one inch wire nails 

 are driven through the edge of the bar to 

 hold I ho combs in place. The work is 

 quickly done ; and, when properly done, 



Fig. 3. 



reversing the sections when partly filled 

 Avith honey, the bees attach the comb to 

 all sides of the wood. This is a feature 

 appreciated by all who find it necessary to 

 ship honey a long distance to market. 



Bear in mind, that twenty-four sections 

 are reversed at one time, and none can 

 get. out of place during the operation 



Here is another point about this section- 

 case worthy of mention : The sections 

 are all incased in wide frames, and it is 

 impossible for the bees to soil them with 

 propolis or by travelling over them At 

 the same time, every section is held in a 

 perfectly square position. ^,,j 



Fig. 4 represents the Bay State hive as 

 used for extracting honey. There are 

 two sets of brood- frames — one over the 

 other, with a quesn-excluder between the 

 two hives. On the top is us'd an ordi- 

 nary honey-board, and th;n .ill is protected 

 from sun and rain b}' a hive-cap, the same 

 as seen in fig. 1. A small stone, or 

 Aveight of any sort, will prevent the wind 

 from blowing the cap off. What little 

 rain will reach the frames or section-cases 

 when no outside or winter case is used, 

 can do no harm. 



Tlie sides of the winter case are but | 

 of an inch thick (J board spiit), thus 

 adding materially to the lightness of the 

 hive. When complete in all its parts this 

 hive weighs but thirty-five pounds. 



Fig 2 gives a good idea of the brood- 

 chamber, section- case, etc. One frame is 

 removed from the brood-uest to show the 



yiG. 4. 



the foundation will hang perfectly true 

 Avithin the frame. 



It Avill idso be seen in illustration, fig. 

 2, that one Avide frame is removed from 

 the section-case, thus showing the sections 

 and the separators, Avhich, it Avill be seen, 

 run the full length of the case. 



The Bay State hiA'c has but eight brood- 

 frames, and a brood-rearing capacity of 

 about two-thirds of a ten-frame L hive. 

 We have usjd this hive six seasons, and 



Fig. ."5. 

 find it large enough for all practical pur- 

 poses, and first-ciass in every respect- 

 The brood-chamber is so compact and so 

 Avell protected from the Aveatln r by the 

 outer case, that colonies breed up rapidly 

 and quickly in the -spring. No hive can 

 Avi liter better on a summer stand. We 

 now make the Avinter case of these hives 

 sufiicientiy deep to cover tAvo brood- 

 chambers, or one set of frames and two 

 sets of sections, forty-eight sections in all. 



