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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



in the ten-frame hive the chaff division-board 

 is, of course, to be set down on the inside of the 

 inner hive. We therefore have the same dou- 

 ble-walled space that we have with the eight- 

 frame hive, only we secure it in a different way. 



FIG. .^. — THE r)OVETAII-ED CHAFF HIVE WITH 

 AN EI6HT-FKAME SINGLE-WALLED DOVE- 

 TAILED BODY FOR THE UPPER STORY. 



Story chaff', which we have changed as shown 

 above. It now takes Dovetailed supers for 

 Dovetailed hive, instead of Simplicity supers 

 and fui'niture. As the latter now seems to be 



going out of date, this change seems to be 

 necessary. Now, the same dovetailed winter 

 case is also a dovetailed shell to the permanent 

 double-walled chaff hive, the inside hive being 

 made of % lumber as well as outside. The in- 

 side width isl3i'8>and will take eight frames 

 and a division-board with wedge. Accordingly, 

 if any one should get the cases and afterward 

 wish to make a permanent double hive, he can 

 do so by getting the extra parts. 



Figure 5 shows how this same hive may 

 be made to take a full depth story. The water- 

 table has a raised projection, so that the sep- 

 arate parts of the hive come together as square 

 joints, a feature that is nowadays so much 

 prized by bee-keepers ; but there are some wha 

 prefer the telescopic feature for winter. We 

 have therefore made a 7-inch cover of ,9^-inch 

 lumber that slides over this raised projection. 

 This cover is just large enough to take a cush- 

 ion or a dovetailed super, the same as shown in 

 Fig. 5, above. 



The space between the walls is IX inches. 

 There is also a double bottom and tarred paper 

 to prevent rotting. The hive may be packed or 

 not, as desired, and the whole weighs only 2 

 lbs. more than the single-walled hive with 



FIG. 4.— OUK PER5IANENT DOUBI>E-AVALLEI) 

 f'HAFF-PACKED D()VETAILI<:D HIVE. 



It became evident to us that a one-story chaff' 

 hive is preferable to one made of two stories. 

 First, to secure lightness; and, second, that the 

 same may b.e interchangeable with the Dove- 

 tailed hive or any of its furniture. The hive 

 above secures both of these advantages, and at 

 the same time it weighs but a trifle more than 

 the permanent single-walled hives. It is made 

 of^-inch lumber, also dovetailed at the cor- ^ 

 ners. It resembles somewhat our former one- '^g 



FIG. (5. — THE DOVETAILED CHAFF HIVE WITH 

 ^g-INCH TELESCOPIC COVER. 



bottom-board. It will be observed that we 

 have dispensed witli the expensive corner posts, 

 and use instead the cheaper dovetailed corners, 

 which are equally strong. Instead of having 

 the hive made of a lot of three-inch slats, the 

 sides are made of one whole piece. This makes 

 it much simpler to put together, and also makes 

 the two separate walls as near aiir-tight as 

 possible. The hive in inside dimensions is the 

 same as the Dovetailed hive, and in outside 

 dimensions it is 1(5% x 23, and can be loaded into 

 a wagon with almost as much economy of space 

 as the single-walled hive. This makes it pos- 

 sible to secure in this hive all the advantages 

 of the singk^-walled hive, with the additional 

 advantages of a winter and spring hive. Such 

 a hive can be carried into the cellai', the pro- 

 jection of the water-table affording an excellent 

 grip to hold the hive by. Then the advantage 

 in setting out a double-walled hive in spring,, 

 when the weather is so uncertain, will be ap- 

 parent, but we intend this hive to be a success- 

 ful outdoor winter hive. 



This hive is not an experiment. The same 

 thing in the one-story chaff' hive we formerly 

 offered has given us excellent results for the 

 past seven or eight years. The packing space 

 between the walls is the same, so that we know 

 we have retained the essential principle that 

 goes to make a good winter hive, and that we 

 are not putting on the public an experiment, 

 but an old tried hive in a new dress. 



