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12. Edge for cover to fit around the top of 

 hive 3;V inches wide. \ 



13 Cover of hive, 30 by 32 inches. 



14. Frames— strips cut 12 inches by f and f 

 of an inch thick. w m 



15. Bee-feeder and waterer, for description 

 of which see July and August numbers of 

 American Bee Journal. 



16. Dead air space, to be filled in with straw, 

 chaff, saw dust, or rags. 



17. Dead air space. 



18. Dead air space. 



19. Dead air space, in winter, and covered 

 portico in summer, forming the most complete 

 alighting board for the bees. 



20. Two square boards, movable, for inside 

 covers to vest on, 13 by 13 inches. 



21. The two sides of the outer hive, 24 by 24 

 inches. 



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By simply making number 20 15J inches 

 square, and the covers, 8 and 9, 13 by 17 inches 

 wide, the hive will accommodate frames 15 

 inches square. Or by making number 20 6, 8, 

 or 10 inches square, and the covers 8 and 9 in 

 proportions to fit, any size hive holding sixteen 

 frames can be made. Or the hive can be made 

 to hold any number of frames of the above 

 sizes. By simply moving the movable sides, 

 number 20, from the sides inward, it will make 

 the capacity of the hive from one to sixteen 

 frames, either way, without the alteration or 

 destruction of any part. The hive can be made 

 to suit the taste of all in regard to size ; though 

 I think it would be best to use small frames by 

 those who want their surplus honey in boxes ;* 

 and large ones by those who use the honey- 

 emptying machine, f The hive can also be 

 readily adapted to large or small colonies ; and 

 as small colonies increase in strength, the hive 

 can be gradually enlarged to its lull capacity. 

 Again, the form of the bottom of the hive being 

 the shape of the letter V, open at the bot- 

 tom from side to side, all droppings of wax and 

 dirt of every description falls clear of the hive, 

 leaving the hive at all times clean and sweet. 

 Thus there being no accumulation of dirt or 

 pieces of wax on the bottom of the hive, there 

 is no temptation or chance for the moth to lay 



her eggs — securing the hive against becoming a 

 snug harbor for the bee-moth and worms. 



To manage bees in my hive, see article, "How 

 to ventilate, so as to save all the wax," by Mr. 

 E. Gallup, page 8 of volume 4, American Bee 

 Journal. 



How to combine natural and artificial swarm- 

 ing, see article on "Pure Fertilization," page 3, 

 volume 4, American Bee Journal, by Mr. 

 Kohler. 



John M. Price. 



Buffalo Grove, Iowa. 



*Instead of using surplus honey boxes, bore 

 holes in the movable sides number 20, place 

 them towards the centre, so as to leave four 

 frames on each side and eight in the middle for 

 breeding purposes — thus making sdde surplus 

 honey boxes. 



fNoviCE, page 35, Bee Journal, number 2, 

 volume 4, says of the advantages of honey - 

 emptying machines: — "We can take the honey 

 out of the combs, with brood in it in all its 

 stages, sealed or unsealed, by turning with the 

 proper speed, without injuring the brood at 

 all " Further, he says :— "We took out in all 

 1G3 pounds of honey up to July 13, (about one 

 month), from one swarm." It will pay to have 

 a honey-emptying machine for even one swarm 

 of bees ; and it will pay those who want to get 

 the most profit from their bees, to subscribe for 

 the American Bee Journal and read it care- 

 fully. J. M. P. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Alsike Clover Again. 



Mr. Editor: — There being a good deal of talk 

 in your paper about the Alsike clover, I will give 

 you my experience in the matter, which may be 

 of use to some who contemplate sending for seed. 



I sent to Mr. Thomas, of Brooklin, Canada 

 West, last spring, for one peck of the seed. His 

 price was $4,50. This, of course, was to be paid 

 in gold. Canadian express charge, custom-house 

 duty, $1.50 in gold. All summed up, it cost me 

 in currency $13.18. And then it was detained 

 at the custom-house, to go through with a sys- 

 tem of "red tape," so that it was twenty-six 

 days on the way, when it ought to have come in. 

 three, making it too late in the season for suc- 

 cess, as it arrived on the 3d of May. 



However, I had a piece of good fresh ground 

 on which I thought I would risk it. But dry 

 weather setting in soon after, and continuing 

 through the summer, my clover is a total failure. 



I let my friend Mr. George Buckles, (who is 

 a devoted apiarian,) have part of the seed. His 

 success is just equal to mine. 



I fear the tulip tree, spoken of in the last Bee 

 Journal, is too long coming to a blooming age 

 to suit Young Ameriea. 



With us, this has been the poorest honey sea- 

 son ever known. J. W. Hunter. 



Piqua, Ohio, September 0. 



Strong colonics consume proportionally much 

 less honey during the winter than weak ones. 



