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perieiiced beekeeper will appreciate 

 this last mentioned advantage. 



As a winter-hive tiie Bay State has 

 no equal ; and as a hive to bring bees 

 to the swai'niing point early in the sea- 

 son (and this means i)r()fit to tlie bee- 

 keeper, as no colony of bees is ready 

 for business that is not in a condition 

 to swarm so far as point of number 

 is concerned), the Bay State stands 

 first aniong the hundreds of dilTerent 

 styles of hives now in use. 



Fig. 2, in which is represented the 

 Swarm-hiver and two Bay State hives, 

 shows the hive ready for winter with 

 the winter case on. Thei'e is a space 

 of nearl}' two inches between the win- 

 ter case and the brood-chamber. Tiiis 

 space in the fall may be filled with 

 chaff, or other heat-retaining material. 

 We never pack this hive as l>ees winter 

 perfectly without any packing what- 

 ever. Just as tiie bees commence to 

 carry pollen in, in the spring, is the 

 proper time, in our opinion, to pack a 

 colony to secure the best results. A 

 heavy duck mat and a cushion six inch- 





Fig. 2, 



es thick, filled with chaff, or hay cut to 

 length of about two inches, is all the 

 winter-packing a colony needs to be 

 wintered well in the Bay State Hive. 

 This hive weighs, all complete, but 

 thirty-five pounds. Anyone can lift 

 them, bees, stores and all, with ease. 



We claim for the Bay State Hive 

 all the desirable features that can be 

 combined in one hive. 



Prices : one hive, nailed and com- 

 plete, which includes every part, S3. 00. 

 In the flat per half dozen, $il5.00. 



As we desire to place them in the 

 hands of a large number of beekeep- 



ers the coming winter, the hives will 

 be sold at the following extremely low 

 figures : 



One hive complete, $2.75 



By the half dozen in flat (shipped 

 direct from the factory at Jamestown, 

 New York), $12.50 



This will include one hive, nailed, 

 as it would be impossible for anyone 

 who had never seen one of the B.S. 

 hives to nail them up properly with- 

 out a model to work by. 



These hives are sawed so accurately 

 that anyone can put them up even if 

 the only tool he possesses is a ham- 

 mer. 



The lumber used is of the very best. 

 No cheap work or lumber is our motto. 

 We ha\ e sold thousands of these hives 

 and all have given good satisfaction. 

 The Bay State hive has been in use six 

 seasons. 



Packing Hives for "Winter. 



In a recent issue of Gleanings, A. 

 I. Root says: ''I do not believe that 

 any hive will become popular that is 

 made with the intention of removing 

 the j)acking or winter covering in sum- 

 mer time." 



Why use any packing at all in win- 

 ter in double- wall hives? I claim that 

 doul)le-wall hives will winter bees 

 much better without packing of any 

 material. 



Do you appreciate what an easy 

 thing it is to test the matter? Just 

 place from twenty- five to fifty colo- 

 nies of bees on summer-stnnds in 

 double-wall hives. Let each alternate 

 hive be packed between the outer and 

 inner walls with chaff or any other 

 material. I will bet ten to one that 

 the colonies not packed will winter 

 the best, build up the quickest in the 

 s|)ring and do the best in every way. 

 Try it, ye advocates of packing hives 

 for winter. As this is the season for 

 preparing hives for M'inter, why not 

 test the matter at once. 



The Benton Mailing Cage. 

 "As the essential leatures of 1h 

 cage we have been using for the p ae 



