THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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hives, and his last report showed that 

 the bees were doing better in it than in 

 the latter kind of hive. Mr.W. B.Carr, 

 publisher of the British Bee Journal, re- 

 ports that he wintered all his bees in 

 hives with outside case protection, and 

 only one swarm died, and this single in- 

 stance was on account of the outside 

 case not being properly adjusted. 



Fc r a number of years we have made 

 the Chautauqua hive, which hasaperm- 

 anent outside case with dead airspace, 

 and all reports concerning it have been 

 most flattering. There ate thousands of 

 bee-keepers who are using the dovetail- 

 ed or a similar single walled hive, and 

 such hives certainly need protection in 

 cold \veather,as comparatively fewhave 

 spare room in their cellars in which to 

 keep them during the winter, nor do 

 they wish to take the necessary trouble 

 to place them there. ( 'onseipiently we 

 have constructed a thin outside winter 

 case with gable cover and bottom for 

 using with such hives. We have also 

 madeathin hive to use with it if desired. 



The illus- 

 tration shows 

 the w inter 

 case com- 

 plete with 

 bottom and 

 cover. It is a 

 story and a 

 half high, but if a two 

 story dovetailed hive is 

 to be used a half story 

 case can be added. 



The shell is made of 

 i4 inch materia], three- 

 pieces in height ; the 

 upper and lower edges 

 of the shell are square, and where 

 the pieces are joined together the 

 edges are beveled so as to shed water. 

 The corners are solid, same as a chaff 

 hive. If desired, however, they can be 

 made with corners that can be screwed 

 together, so that when the cases are 

 stored away they can be taken apart 

 and so occupy but little room. Quinby 

 hive clasps can also be used on the cor- 

 ners. These clasps will facilitate 



taking the shells apart, as it will re- 

 quire only a moment to remove them. 

 A gable cover is used having a rim of 

 ; material with roof boards | in. thick 

 and ridge board £ thick. There is a one 

 inch ventilating hole in each end. The 

 bottom board is adjustable. The hive 

 rests on strips ; in, wide and § in. thick, 

 rabbeted out | in. wide by | in. deep- 

 As these strips are the entire length of 

 the bottom board the hive can be push- 

 ed forward or back as desired, the bot- 

 tom hoard being 23 in long. A strip §x£ 

 in. slips in between the side strips of 

 bottom board, and is to be kept under 

 the back end of the hive as it is moved 

 forward or back. A strip ^xl.V in. is 

 used in Front of the hjve to form an en- 

 trance when the case is adjusted for win- 

 ter, and an alighting board is attached 

 to the front edge of the bottom board. 



The bottom is composed of two piec- 

 es ; ; in. thick and 8^ in. wide and sets 

 on a rim 2 in. high of J in. stuff. The 

 end pieces of the rim project beyond 

 the side pieces § in., so that the shell 

 sets down over the edge of the bottom 

 board and rests on the end pieces. This 

 prevents any cold from entering at the 

 bottom. By simply tacking some boards 

 on under side of rim to bottom board 

 it can be filled with chaff so that the 

 hive will have two ins. of packing at the 

 bottom, or it can be left empty, making 

 a dead air space. We advise the use 

 of this bottom board for both summer 

 and winter. While it is somewhat long- 

 er and wider than the hive, it is made 

 so that there is no chance of water get- 

 ting into the hive. In summer when the 

 winter case is not used the hive should 

 be shoved to the back end of the bot- 

 tom board, leaving a wide alighting 

 board in front. For winter manage- 

 ment the hive should be placed in the 

 centre of the bottom board s ) that there 

 will be just 1^7 in. between ends of hive 

 and shell. The fxl| in. strip is placed 

 between the hive and outside case cover- 

 ing the entrance. This outside case is 

 so constructed that there is not a nail 

 exposed to the weather, which is a mat- 

 ter of much importance, as where a nail 



