THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



299 



Wakefield, Mass. 

 Mr. Allky. 

 Dear Sir : 

 Enclosed please flnd one dollar 

 to pay for the Apr another year, and 

 fifty cents for one of those Italian 

 queens. The one you sent me is doin<^' 

 finely. I am more than pleased with 

 her. 



Geo. R. Tyzzey. 



Moncton, N. B. 

 Mr. Alley : 



If your Journal is always as jjood 

 as the specimen sent me, I must have 

 it. 



J. B. Fraseu. 



We are glad to see and also proud 

 to note the fact that so many of the 

 foreign bee journals quote extensivety 

 from the columns of the Apiculturist. 

 Even Brother Jones finds it convenient 

 to select from our columns. That is 

 right, brother ; we are much pleased and 

 feel honored in having any brother edi- 

 tor copy from the A pi provided the 

 Editors do not apologize because the 

 general make-up of their paper "is 

 not as interesting as common." 



THE BAY STATE REVERS- 

 IBLE HIVE. 



"I do not think j'oii will always 

 be satisfied with the size of frames 

 of _yonr reversible hive," wrote a 

 well-known beekeeper a few days 

 ago. 



The above i"emarks were ad- 

 dressed to the manager of the 

 "Api" and had reference to the 

 hive used in our apiary. The au- 

 thor of the remark has never used 

 one of the Bay State hives nor has 

 he had any experience with them. 

 The hive in question has been used 

 in our apiarj' some fifteen years ; 

 the last two years it has been used 

 with a reversible brood-chamber. 

 We have about as much notion of 

 abandoning it as we have of going 

 out of the bee-business, and that 

 will not be as long as we have 

 health and strength to handle bees. 



A large number of Bay State Re- 

 versible hives were sold last spring, 



and while many have written us that 

 they are well pleased with them, 

 not one complaint has been made 

 by any one who has them in use. 

 There is no hive that will give bet- 

 ter satisfaction than the Bay State 

 hive. It has more good points 

 than most other hives. Wliile the 

 brood-chamber can be reversed in 

 a body, or each comb reversed 

 singly it is not of course necessary 

 to reverse often, if at all. 



We do not intend to say one 

 word against any hive in use, but 

 will claim that the Ba}- State has 

 no equal as a hive for wintering 

 bees. Nor is there an}' other hive 

 known to us in which a colony of 

 bees will build up so quickly in the 

 spring. When properly packed, 

 the inner hive or brood-nest can be 

 made almost as hot as a stove oven. 

 With our experience we know it to 

 be a fact that two quarts of bees in 

 one of these hives will have doable 

 the amount of brood that the same 

 quantity of bees will have in most 

 any other style of hives. 



Tliis hive is so constructed that 

 the heat from the bees must escape 

 at the entrance, if at all, as all ven- 

 tilation is completely checked at 

 the will of the beekeeper. 



A hive thus constructed contain- 

 ing six quarts of bees will so re- 

 tain the animal heat generated by 

 the bees that at least four quarts 

 of the colony can go to tiie fields 

 for forage, but in most hives the 

 four quarts of bees have to stg,y at 

 home to protect the brood, thus 

 leaving but two quarts of bees to 

 gather stores. 



All the colonies in the Bay State 

 apiary that are in Reversible hives 

 have had more brood and bees 

 through the season than the colo- 

 nies in the Langstroth hives. Now 

 this is a fact worth noting and the 

 practical beekeeper will appreciate 

 the advantage given him in using 

 such a hive. 



In rearing queens, we remove all 



