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hive, on the frames, and do not use the honey- 

 board between the boxes and hive in any case. 

 This third story is only used with very strong- 

 stocks. 



Once more, I will say that this hive suits me, 

 and can be used for every j urpose, in forming 

 nuclei You can raise four queens in it, as Mr. 

 Truesdell says, and by inserting three division 

 boards you can make if into four small hives. The 

 entrance on the four sides of the hive are all in 

 the bottom board. It can be accommodated to 

 any size of swarm, simj^ly by using the division 

 boards, or not, as the case requires. In short, 

 read what Mr. Truesdell says about the hive, 

 and also what I have pieviou.'^ly said about it; 

 and then read what I say in the "Annals of 

 Bee-culture for 1870" (when it comes out) about 

 the best method of having honey stored in combs 

 for market— decidedly the best, in my opinion ; 

 better than any glass boxes I ever saw. In such 

 a hive you have one adapted cither to a poor 

 honey district, or to a good one. It will accom- 

 modate the hirgest, as well as the smallest swarm 

 you ever saw. It is cheap and simple. Under- 

 stand, I am not cracking up this hive to make 

 money out of it, for it is not patented, and I 

 have no time to make any to sell. 



Orchard, Iowa. E. Gallup. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



The Gallup Hive. 



I wonder sometimes how many bee-keepers 

 have tiied the Gallup Hive, there being so many 

 other hives th it are so highly recommended. I 

 have made and used, now tor two sensnns, more 

 than a dozen of tlie Gallup form of hive ; and 

 thus fur I think it is good for all that Gallup 

 claims for it. Simple in its construction, easily 

 and cheaply made, and (or one, I cannot con- 

 ceive how any hive could be better adapted or 

 more convenient to form nuclei with full sized 

 combs, to raise queens, to equalize bees and 

 stores, build up stocks, exchange combs promis- 

 cuously trom hive to hive, ttc, Arc. No trouble 

 about the frames hanging true, and I think I can 

 handle a set of frames in the Gallup form of liive 

 in iis short a time as I can in the Liingstroth stan- 

 dard ; and I amusing both. If the several parts 

 of the Galhip hive are correctly made and put 

 in place, it is almost air-tight ; and yet any 

 amount of air, whether much or little, can be 

 given and regulated, even to the extent of sus- 

 pending the hive in mid-air, with top and bottom 

 off, if it were necessary. Its surplus honey ar- 

 rangement can be made to suit location or fancy. 

 I do not suppose that Novice or Grimm, or some 

 others, would do any belter by using the Gnllup 

 liive ; but my circumstances are very ditferent 

 from theirs. And as it is of the utmost import- 

 ance to me to use only one kind of hive, I intend 

 to use the Gallup form exclusively as soon as I 

 can, without material loss. 



Henuy Crist. 



Lale P. 0., 0., Sept. 7, 1870. 



[For the .American Bee Journal.] 



Palmer Brothers and the Thomas Hive. 



Those that boast most, fail most, for deeds are 

 tongue-tied. 



It is due to myself and to Pnhner Brothers to 

 say that their article, so greatly in favor of my 

 hive, was written without my knowledge and 

 entirely upon their own resp(msil)ility. 



While I feel grateful to them for their high 

 opinion of my hive, and the impartial manner in 

 which they have spoken of it, I may be allowed 

 to correct two or three items in the description 

 thereof They have purchased the territory for 

 these hives before the alterations of which I am 

 about to speak were made. 



" Adimntage Sih'' (see Bee Jourxal, Vol. YL, 

 No. 2, Aug. 1870.) " There is a passage thnaigh 

 the bottom board, covered with wire cloth, 

 through which the bees receive air," &c. After 

 five 3-ears' expeiience and experimentmg with 

 the hive and the best method of ventilating, I 

 now make the bottom board without any hole 

 through it, preferring instead to put a hole 

 through the rear end board of the hive, about one 

 iiich from the bottom, and covered with wire 

 cloth. The hole is an inch and a half in diame- 

 ter, and allows a circulation of air from fiont to 

 rear. I consider this the best method of venti- 

 lating a hive, and in most, if not all cases, quite 

 sufficient, and especially so with an entrance such 

 as I use in my hive, and with which Palmer 

 Brothers were not acquainted forreascms already 

 stated. I will just say the entrance is so con- 

 structed, with a double zinc gauge, that it can be 

 enlarged in a moment of time to half an inch 

 deep and the full width of the hive, and con- 

 tracted in the sanu; time to half an inch square. 



'' Advanfage \Qih. The bottom slants to the 

 front." It may be made inclined or level, as de- 

 sired by the builder. 



"■Advantage ISth. One, two, or four boxes 

 may be used." Six square boxes, suitable for 

 market, may be used. 



"•Disadvantagedd. The improvements are worse 

 than useless, to one who will not properly use 

 them." This is true of all frame hives. If a bee- 

 keeper intends to let his bees die, with no atten- 

 tion on his part, he certainly will save the ex- 

 pense of improvements by selling them in a hol- 

 low log. 



To those parties who may purchase territory I 

 will send a sample hive, paying all charges to the 

 line. See adverlisement, and make an offer. 



J. H. Thomas. 



Brooklin, Ontario. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Bee Cholera. 



Mr. Editor :— I see that many persons have 

 lost their bees by what is called Bee Cholera. I 

 have had some bees die with the same disease. 

 I then took a colony after one half the bees 

 were dead, ventilated the hive well, and carried 

 it in o the stove room, and kept it there the 

 space of eight days. It is now a strong colony. 

 I suppose the heat of the room evaporated some 

 of the water in the honey. B. R. Hopkins. 



Tyrone, Pa. 



