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gLi^anings in bee CUttUItE. 



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and is admirable in every way. It is arched with 

 brick, with a rise of about 18 inches in 9 feet of di- 

 ameter; one course of brick set edg-ewise, with a 

 strong iron ring- in the center, for a man-hole and 

 support. 



Cementing on the earth, the arch should sprinof at 

 least two feet below the Surface, and be well backed 

 by masonry of stone or brick. My own, holding 120 

 bbls., is entirely below ground, and walled up with 

 stone, arched with brick, and cemented thoroughly 

 inside. Brick is the best material, when walls are 

 required. I have built several, cementing directly 

 on firm soil of any kind, and all do well where root- 

 lets and fi'ost do not interfere. J. W. Pobtiir. 



Charlottesville, Va., Sept., 1884. 



brushed out of the way, unless it is a loose bot- 

 tom. No. 5 is the slide used in regulating size of 

 entrance. No. 6 shows cover raised. No. 7 gives a 

 view of the brood chambei-, holding ten brood- 

 frames. The frames are 7Jca/7)/ 10x1.5, inside meas- 

 ure, giving a large brood-chamber. No. 8 shows the 

 four-inch Aval! at each end packed with chaff ber 

 tween the two 'a boards. The two division-boards 

 give us a wall over three inches thick, with dead- 

 air space at each side in winter; and with your chaff 

 box or cushion on top, your bees are snug. The 

 chaff over them admits of a slow draft to carrj' off 

 the surplus moisture; and with the entrance kept 

 open all winter they have an abundance of air, and 

 are kept dky — the prime object in view. No. 9 

 shows the honey-case holding 24 i;4-lb. sections, 

 glassed on two sides, and wedged up tightly. The 

 hive holds 36 sections; each section is furnished 

 with a starter; also each of the ten brood-frames, 

 thereby insuring straight combs. Each hive has 

 complete directions for handling, pasted inside of 



FRIEND YOUNG'S CLIMATIC BEE- 

 HIVE. 



SrB.AIITTED FOR Oril COMMENTS AND CKITI- 

 CTSMS. 



K. ROOT:— I comply with your kind 

 offer to insert cut and desci'iption of 

 my hive in Gleanings, free of 

 charge, if I would send a description 

 of hive. My wants will be governed 

 by your decision. Your kind offer makes it 

 presumptuous in me to say what I want; I 

 should like if you would comment upon the 

 hive. I should like any discrepancies pointed 

 out. W. M. Young. 



Nevada, Wyandot Co., O., Nov. 19, 1S84. 



Our description is copied from friend 

 Young's circular. 



The illustration below shows the inside of 

 the "Climatic Bee-hive." No. 1 is one of two 

 division-boards which we slip or hang in on 

 each side of brood-chamber for wintering 

 after lifting out broad frame No. 2, holding 

 6 honey-sections; there are two of No. 2, one 

 on each side, also two doors, No. 3. No. 4 

 shows the bottom-board with hive raised. 

 The hinged bottom-board I consider superior 

 to any thing of the kind, to keep dead bees, 

 and all rubbish accumulating in the hive. 



CUT OF HIVE, OPEN. 



cover. The hi\e is cnsUy handled, and 

 bees can be changed from their sum- 

 mer to winter arrangements in a few 

 minutes, and it makes you smile to 

 see how snug your bees are. Metal 

 rabbets in each hive, also separators 

 on each l)r(i<id Criunc iN'o. 2). 



The second illiisti-ation represents 

 the h\\e closed, and siijiposed to be 

 ready to rfccivc a swarm. The en- 

 trance-lilock and slide arc out. 



I furnish ii .•<///!//i -walled hive, made 

 exactly like the double wall iiisidr, ex- 

 cent tnir door and one broad frame 

 with 6 sections on onr side instead of 

 two — as the double wall — same 10 

 brood - frames. The material differ- 

 ence is the double wall or wintering 

 arrangement; the single wall holds 21 

 sections on top of brood-frames, 27 

 sections in all, and one dixision-board 

 to regulate the size of swarm. 



As I am just introducing the hives 

 to parties at a distance (after a satis- 

 factory test among nij iieifihbors), I 

 feel a hesitancy in |)lacing this circu- 

 lar before you, yet a good degree of 

 confldence that you will be agreeably 

 surprised with a trial of the hives. 



Friend Y., the first objection I 

 should make to your hive is the 

 size of the frame. I can not but 



