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care of in a crate holding 24 one-pound section boxes 

 placed directly on the frames, separated by a honey board 

 when desired to exclude the Queen. The frames rest 

 upon a cleat upon the bottom board, about | of an inch 

 high above the bottom, giving plenty of room for the 

 access of the bees and also a free circulation of air. We 

 use a feeder with this hive placed upon the top-board 

 inside of the hive directly over the frames, thereby pre- 

 venting all robbing, which is a great annoyance with out- 

 side feeders. This hive is made of good sound pine, and 

 painted two coats, and is made throughout in the best 

 possible manner. 



We also make and exhibit and also use a hive styled 

 Blake's Eclipse Observatory Hive. This hive is a single 

 walled eight frame hive with removable glass door in the 

 back. It is intended for ladies and amateurs desiring to 

 study the bees at work, and it is a superior article for this 

 purpose, as the bees can be seen through the glass back. 

 The frames are skeleton frames and are removable. We 

 have none of this style in use at the present time. The 

 surplus is taken off by a crate of ten 2-lb. boxes 

 placed in the second story. This hive also is fed upon 

 the inside by a feeder placed in the second story. 



Our box hive is the common box hive in use fifty years 

 or more ago. It has no frames whatever, and contains 

 two ten-pound boxes for the reception of the surplus 

 honey. We consider almost any frame hive superior to 

 the box hive. 



We use a small quantity of foundation in all of our 

 frames and consider it a great improvement. We use 

 Clark's cold blast smoker for smoking bees, and consider 

 it a superior article in every respect. 



Hive No. 1. Italian Bees. 



This swarm is in our Improved American Hive des- 

 cribed above. We consider this variety of bees as the 

 best for all purposes, as they are quieter and better work- 

 ers, and increase faster, and winter well, and also are less 



