THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



289 



THE BAY STATE BEE- HIVE. 



WITH REVERSIBLE BROOD-CHAMBER 

 AND SECl'ION CASES. 



(Non-patented). 



This hive was briefly noticed in 

 the May number of the Apiculturist, 

 and only enough space will now be 

 taken to describe it as here illustrated. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. I represents the bottom- 

 board, the brood-chamber and sec- 

 tion-cases. Strips of wood, MAI 

 and L, are nailed to the under side 

 of the bottom-board and not only 

 serve as clamps but also as a stand 

 for the hive. The latter, of course, 

 should not rest on the ground as the 

 wood would soon decay, but a brick 

 or stone several inches in thickness 

 should be placed under each corner. 



The reader will observe that the 

 brood-chamber rests on strips, NN, 

 which are also nailed to the bottom- 

 board. These strips are three-fourths 

 of an inch thick thus bringing the 

 bottom of the combs nearly one 

 inch above the bottom-board, and af- 

 fording abundant ventilation to the 

 hive both summer and winter. A hive 

 thus arranged will not "roast the bees 

 out" during the hottest days, even 

 though the sun shines directly upon 

 it all day. The frames are closed 

 ends, eight in number, and with the 

 side boards, E, compose the brood - 

 chamber which, if desired, may be 



reversed bodily, comb, bees and all 

 at one motion. Two bolts (one at 

 each end of the brood-chamber) hav- 

 ing thumb-nuts hold the frames and 

 side-boards firmly in place. All that 

 is necessary in order to remove a 

 frame is to loosen the nut at one end 

 when the frame may be easily slipped 

 out. The bees cannot stick the 

 frames together, neither is there dan- 

 ger of crushing them in removing a 

 frame. Two cases of sections hold- 

 ing twenty-four one-pound sections 

 each are shown in the illustration. 

 There are six broad frames, having 

 four sections in each with two side- 

 boards, and an iron bolt having thumb 

 nuts on each end running directly 

 through the centre of the case and 

 clamping all firmly together so that 

 the sections cannot sag at the centre. 

 There is a bee- space between the top- 

 bar of the frames and the sections, 

 also passage-ways direcdy up through 

 all the sections so that tiering-up may 

 be practised to any reasonable ex- 

 tent. No slatted honey-board is need- 

 ed as the broad- frames serve the same 

 purpose, thus doing away with one 

 useless piece that is usually attached 

 to most bee-hives. 



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Fig. 1. 



The hive may be used during the 

 warm months just as presented in 

 Fig. I . If used in this way, that is, 

 with the outer case removed, the 

 frames and parts exposed to the 



