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lnn box The drawing, fig. 2, represents one side of the house, viewed from 



DOX> ^ t he inside. No. 1, 2 and 3 are long boxes, eighteen 



inches wide and twelve deep, extending the whole 

 length of the house, with eight holes, four inches 

 square, in each box, upon which is set two gallon 

 caps, with two half inch holes in each, one near the 

 top, the other about the centre of the cap, in which 

 the smoke of a burning rag is blown to drive the 

 bees from the cap into the long box, which can be 

 known by striking the caps. When they are all in 

 Fig. 2. the long box, a knife or wire should be drawn under 



ihe bottom ol the cap to separate the comb from the box, when the cap of honey 

 may be removed, and an empty one put in its place. No. 4 and 5 are tubes 

 three inches square, to convey the bees from one box to another, that one swarm 

 of bees may do the whole, or if one or more swarms be put in each box, that 

 they may become as one, as they will not permit more than one king when put 

 together, by which they are prevented from destroying themselves by fighting. 

 A house of this description, when the long boxes are filled, will afford, at a 

 moderate calculation, ninety-six gallons of honey in the comb annually. 



A hive combining many advantages was invented a few 

 years since by Mr. WILLIAM GROVES, of Cleaveland, Ohio, 

 which we understand is in general use south and west of the 

 Blue Ridge. We have not seen it, and therefore cannot speak 

 of it from our personal knowledge, but we understand that it 

 is so constructed that from it bees never swarm, and are enabled 

 to reject and roll off all offensive matters, and thus they can 

 always defend themselves successfully against all intruding in- 

 sects. It is said to be superior to any other for the preserva- 

 tion of the bees. The honey may be removed, in any desirable 

 quantity, at pleasure, without disturbing the bees; and it is 

 always clean and fresh. The colony is not likely to contract 

 disease, as the hive is at all times well ventilated. The inventor 

 has given it a pompous name,* from which circumstance, we 

 should hesitate to notice it were we not assured that it is an 

 excellent article. 



The following description of an improved 

 hive was furnished by a correspondent of the 

 Farmer's Cabinet, residing in western Penn- 

 sylvania. After some preliminary observa- 

 tions, he says, "I have seen none that, in my 

 opinion, embraces so many advantages as the 

 one here presented. A is a stand, the legs of 

 which are 1C inches high, the stand itself 18 

 inches square. B represents a three cornered 

 box, open on the top; with a slanting bottom 

 c c; a space is to be left open in the front of 

 the hive the whole length at D, to admit the 

 bees and allow the dirt to slide off the slant- 

 ing bottom. 



1, 2, and 3, are boxes on hives, 19 inches 

 square and 7 inches high, with slats nailed 

 across, a sufficient distance from each other 

 to admit the free passage of ihe bees; bars arc 

 to be put across the hive to support the comb. 

 The top to be secured by a tight cover. The 

 bees enter at D, and pass up the slanting bot- 

 tom of the stand into the boxes above, and the 



* ''Patent Fortified Transparent Royal Bee Palace!!!' 



