the hive has controllable entrances; a 

 perfect system of ventilation ; and is so 

 arranged that it may be locked up, pre- 

 venting interference from theives. 



The two engravings presented here- 

 with will serve to illustate its internal 

 arrangements, which are thus described 

 by the manufactures : 



Fig. 1. Shows it arranged forsections 

 having two of the 5% m - section hold- 

 ers in position at the side of the brood- 

 chamber, and two on top, preparatory to 

 placing in position on the other side of 

 the brood-chamber; the vacant space to 

 the left is supposed to be still packed 

 as for winter, assisting in retaining the 

 warmth of the brood-chamber for the 

 hatching of young bees. When these 

 section holders are removed to their 

 place, we either puton top of the brood- 

 chamber two more, or add the top or 

 4J4 in. section holders, one at a time or 

 together as we wish, and the flow of 

 honey may require. 



Fig. 2. shows the hive arranged for 8 

 frames for obtaining extracted honey 

 and allows side manipulation. Fig. 2 

 shows the " feeder " and our manner of 

 applying feed to the rear and bottom of 

 the brood-chamber, a feature, we be- 

 lieve to be peculiar alone to our hive. 



Mr. Meyer, the manager, says : "Al- 

 though there were no premiums offered 

 on Bee Hives at the Cincinnati Expo- 

 sition, the awarding committee con- 

 cluded our hive worthy of award and 

 have given us a Medal; this we appre- 

 ciated more highly than if it had been 

 regularly entered for a premium." 



HONEY EXTRACTORS. 



On page 387 of the Journal for 

 September, we gave an extract from 

 the London Times, detailing the articles 

 exhibited at the Bee and Honey Shows 

 at South Kensington, and stated that 

 " the first prize was taken by Mr. T. 

 W. Cowan, of Horsham, with the Ex- 

 press Extractor by means of which, 

 the honey on both sides of the comb 

 can be extracted, without touching the 

 frames." We purchased this extractor 

 and it arrived about a month since and is 

 on exhibition in our Museum. It has 

 two comb baskets, which wholly sur- 

 round the frame of honey; these auto- 

 matically reverse the combs, and the 

 honey is extracted from both sides 



without taking the combs from the 

 machine or even touching them. This 

 is entirely a new thing in England, but 

 Mr. A. I. Boot contrived a machine 

 very similar to it, in 1873. Mr. Cowan 

 is a progressive gentleman and has in- 

 vented several extractors, &c, and 

 Englishmen owe much to his ingenuity 

 and skill. 



Mr. W. G. Walton, of Hamilton, 

 Canada, has sent us a model of his new 

 honey extractor. This is also a machine 

 for extracting both sides without taking 

 the frames out of the machine. The 

 comb basket has four equal sides and 

 the comb of honey is hung by the top- 

 bar on a frame, which, when one side is 

 emptied of the honey, by touching a 

 spring on the top, swings, like a door 

 on its hinges, to the other side, and by 

 reversing the motion, it is emptied on 

 that side also. As this is only a model 

 we have been unable to test it, but Mr. 

 W. very confidently asserts that it 

 "works like a charm." The handling 

 of combs is not a very pleasant job, 

 usually, and both of these machines 

 propose to do away with considerable of 

 that work. Mr. Walton informs us that 

 he is preparing to manufacture and sell 

 them during the coming season, quite 

 extensively. He exhibited them at the 

 Toronto Fair last fall and took orders 

 for quite a number. 



From Mr. W. T. Collins, of Jackson- 

 ville, 111., we have a sample of his 

 method of marketing comb honey. He 

 takes a strip of tar-board 4' 4 inches 

 wide and wraps it around each section, 

 fastening the ends with tacks, a small 

 wire crossing from one side to the other 

 at the top and bottom— the former 

 serves as a handle to carry it by, the 

 latter keeps the section in the wrapper. 

 It makes a good protection against 

 damage and dirt. 



Iglf The annual meeting of the South- 

 ern Michigan Bee-Keepers 1 Association 

 will be held in the city of Battle Creek, 

 Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 2d, at 10 a. m. 

 B. Salisbury, Sec'y. 



