angles, being driven into the front 

 board at proper distances, so that one 

 end of the staple projects into the hive 

 for the frame ; I drive a small carpet 

 staple over the wire staple to hold it 

 firm to place, a hole is punched in the 

 top bar with an awl | inch from the end. 

 The frame rests on the bottom board, 

 by means of a nail in the bottom or 

 the frame at each end, and driven so as 

 to keep the frame raised | inch from the 

 bottom board. Guide nails are driven 

 on the side and at each end at the bot- 

 tom, to keep them proper distances 

 apart. By opening the doors, the frames 

 will swing in place, to enable any one 

 to see the condition of the colony with- 

 out removing them from the hive. If 

 I wish to remove a frame, I raise the 

 back end of it and all is free. The cap 

 is rabbetted on the bottom i inch, and 

 rests on the outer edge of the hive, 6f 

 inches deep, with lid hung with butts to 

 the surplus box; a piece H inches square 

 is put on the under side with 2 inch 

 screws to prevent warping. The front 

 and back piece of the surplus box are 

 rabbetted I inch deep, I inch in, with a 

 strip of tin I inch wide tacked on the 

 edge of the rabbet, after Prof. Cook's 

 plan, for section piece to hang on, which 

 is H inches wide and I thick, and long 

 enough to reach from front to rear of 

 cap and rest on tin. The edge, made 

 from plastering lath. 



The section boxes 5ix6ix2 are hung 

 to the top piece by number 6, f inch 

 screws one to each section (see cut). 



The cap thus arranged will hold 21 sec- 

 tions and all hang free from the cap, 

 leaving } inch space for bees to pass. 

 My separators are made of tin and hang 

 on the tin edgewise in cap cut in such a 

 manner as to give a i inch space above 

 and below for bees to pass. If you 

 wish to remove a section raise it 

 and with a screw driver, turn the screw 

 a little and the section is free ; put on an 

 empty one and return. 



The advantage in this arrangement is 

 you have nothing glued with propolis, 

 as you would with sections in a frame 

 and resting on the top of the hive. 

 When you remove the cap for observa- 

 tion in the lower chamber, you remove 

 surplus sections with it, with a great 

 deal less trouble. Is easier made and 

 less expensive. 



I have 19 colonies on their summer 

 stands,wrapped with flax straw and corn 

 fodder over them. The winter has been 

 quite severe with abundance of snow 

 ever since December 20th. 



Chesterville, O. 



For me American Bee Journal. 



New Method of Hiving Bees. 



MOOSH AMIEL. 



Many of our experiments are the 

 result of accident leading to a thought r 

 and the thought to valuable inventions,. 

 discoveries, &c. Last season a swarm 

 commenced to issue, I saw them at 

 their commencement, sprinkled water 

 on them freely, in hopes to check them, 

 but could not; they were not so wet 

 but that they crawled, and gathered 

 under the front end of the bottom 

 board. I brushed them off into an 

 empty hive, gave them a sheet of brood 

 and honey ; they remained all right. 

 Now that was a cheap way, no cutting 

 of choice fruit trees, &c. 



Now for the resulting thought : Why 

 not catch swarms as they issue (we see 

 ours often as they commence to issue), 

 in a hiver ? Make it of a very light 

 box, say 14 or 15 inches square, wire 

 cloth or cheese cloth on one side to give 

 light, plenty of narrow strips of old 

 comb, well fastened to the top with 

 wax and rosin ; make an opening or slot 

 on one side, near the bottom, for them 

 to enter, as they issue from the old hive. 

 Hang the bottom with hinges, small, 

 hooks and staples opposite hinges by 

 which to open the hiver, shake swarm 

 on to the frames in new hive and 

 instantly throw table cloth over them, 

 as swarms often leave before going 

 down among the frames. I cannot see 

 why this machine will not work, if the 

 slot or opening is held to the mouth of 

 the old hive in time to catch the queen, 

 and if we do not get her we are no 

 worse off than if we had not made the 

 attempt ; but very often we shall catch 

 her, and if we do not, and they alight in 

 a tree or on a current bush, we would 

 use the basket as constructed by that 

 old bee-keeper, Mr. Joseph Butler, of 

 Jackson, Mich., who says he could not 

 well hive his bees without. They go of 

 themselves into his basket, if properly 

 constructed and held up to the limb or 

 bush where they are lighting, and can 

 be carried a mile in it to the new hive, 

 without being confined. Put the bas- 

 ket and bees on the frames, putting a 

 table cloth over them; give the bas- 

 ket a shake or two, wait two minutes 

 and then remove them. 



