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THE AMERICAN APICULTUEIST. 



A division-boaiil. one-eighth of an inch thick 

 may be iiseil and cannot get out of place. 



For tiering, this liive has no equal, as any 

 number of sections may be used and piled up as 

 liigh as i)racticable. 



Brood-frames ai-e easily taken out or replaced 

 without danger of killing bees, and it is not nec- 

 essary to remove any frames laterally in order 

 to get out any of the combs, and the frame re- 

 moved is tlie only tiling that need be disturbed. 



The bees cannot buiM comb between the end- 

 bars of frames, and in case of bulged combs, 

 frames can be taken out with little trouble and 

 thf> comb straightened. 



So simple in construction are these hives that 

 any one c;in '-put them up" in fine shape, includ- 

 ing everv part from bottom-board to section, in 

 less than half an liour. Thev are sawed so accu- 

 rately that there is not a shaving to come off. 



Closed-end frames are use ; in this hive, and 

 for that reason we claim a colony of bees will 

 build up stronger in the sining in less than half 

 the time a colony will in a hive having open-end 

 frames. This is a point that should be consid- 

 ered by every fair-minded and experienced bee- 

 keeper. We make this claim from aiitual test. 

 It is no theory. No lieat can e.scape from the brood- 

 chamber when the hive is packed for tlie spec- 

 ial purpose of retaining w^armth and animal heat 

 generated by the bees. For this reason we <'laim 

 that two quarts of bees will care for double the 

 brood in one of our hives than they can in a hive 

 having hanging frames. 



Not only can this hive be made as hot as an 

 oven, but it also can be so ventilated as to be one 

 of the coolest hives in use. When painted white, 

 and the outside case is used during the hottest 

 days the strongest colonies will not -'lay out," 

 even though the hive is not shaded from tlie hot 

 sun. Some hives are so imperfectly ventilated 

 during the honey harvest, that the bees cannot 

 work in the sections, but will cluster outside. It 

 is not so with the Bay State hive. 



We also claim that when properly packed, this 

 hive will winter bees equal to any bee cellar, and 

 if no packing is used between the outside and in- 

 side hives (and we believe none should be used) 

 the combs will be as bright and cl an in spring 

 as at any time during the summer. 



The hive has a low and dark entrance. The 

 same arrangemeni used to exclude light also ex- 

 cludes snow and rain, and while the entrance is 

 open the entire length no light nor snow can enter. 



Please bear in mind that the largest and most 

 successful beekeepers in the world use the closed- 

 end broad-frame. Wc refer to Capt. J. E. Hetli- 

 erington, Cherry Valley, N. Y.; P. H. Elwood anil 

 other large beekeepers. Our brood-frame is tlie 

 same size, or nearly the same, as Capt. Hether- 

 ington uses. 



Directions for using the swarmer. 



Place one of the swanner-traps at the entrance 

 of the hive from which a swarm is exiiected: the 

 otlier trap at the entrance of an empty hive. Con- 

 nect the two traps with the metal tube as shown 

 in fig. 3, page 3-2. 



If the traps do not quite cover the entrance to 

 the hives, the uncovered iiait should be closed by 

 other means. The bees must be compelled to pass 

 through the metal. 



When a swarm issues, the queen will pass from 

 the home hive through the metal tube to the 

 empty hive. The bees take wing and missing 

 their queen soon return, when finding their queen 

 in the new hive at once join her and settle down 

 to work. When the swarm is quiet, tlie hive may 

 be moved to any location of the apiary. 



The swarm may be hived in a box ; say one simi- 

 larly arranged as in the swarm-box, such as we 

 have used in the Bay State Apiary so many 

 years. Connect the metal tube with tlie .--wai ni- 

 box instead of a hive. 



The swarm-box has a cover which (as well as 



the bottom of the box) is covered with wire cloth 

 to admit air. It will be noticed that the cover of 

 the box is moved back, thus exposing the perfor- 

 ated metal .nailed across the top of the box to 

 prevent the queen from escaping. If the swarm- 

 box is utilized to catch the swarm, it should be 

 used as here illustrated. 



Whatever is used to hive the swarm in should 

 be placed as near as possible to the hive from 

 which the swarm is exiiected to issue. 



Some style Langstroth hives have porticos. To 

 a)iply the swarmer to such, it will be necessary to 

 make a hole through the portico at the side of the 

 hive large enongh to admit tlie metal tube so. as 

 to connect the two swarm-traps. 



When placing the swarmer on a hive having a 

 low entrance, the dirt on the alighting-board 

 should be cleaned off, or the bottom of the trap 



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might obstruct the entrance to the hive and thus 

 destroy the bees. Any one possessed of a little 

 ingenuity can adapt the swarmer to any style of 

 hive. 



We cannot undertake to make but one size of 

 the swarmer. Those we send out are large 

 enough for the strongest colonies. The swarmer 

 is not large enough to cover an entrance fourteen 

 inches long. 



One of the tubes sent with the swarmer is not 

 nailed on account of packing. To nail it in its 

 proper place it should be pushed through the 

 aperture and the nails driven in on the inside of 

 the trap so that the metal tube will enter the 

 wood. 



Special notice. 

 Our latest methods of queen-rearing 

 will be issued in pamphlet form. It 

 will make a book of over sixty pages. 

 Price, by mail, in paper, 50 cents. 

 The Beekeepers' Directory, just out ; 

 comprising sixty or more pages of the 

 most iini)ortant matter relating to bee- 

 culture, bound in paper, one dollar ; 

 and the A'piculturist one year, sev- 

 enty-five cents. All will be mailed for 

 the small sum of two dollars. 



How to remit. 

 All remittances to us should be 

 made payable to the order of The 

 American Apiculturist. Please bear 

 this in mind. 



