THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



stealing other inventions ; no good thing 

 ever met with no opposition. 'Tis true, too, 

 that but for the thoughts and inventions of 

 otliers, we would not have developed what 

 we now have, but, by much thought, and by 

 combining many old features with some new 

 ones, we have " brought forth " what we 

 call our 



"K"ay "D"eeHive, 



Now, what is it ? First, a combined bot- 

 tom board and feeder. This is reversible, 

 and has a 1)2 inch rim, deep side up, for 

 feeding and wintering, the other side up 

 during honey flow. 



The brood chamber is lO-frame, reversible, 

 9 X 15 X 17 inches in size. The frame is a 

 wide-end bar, close fitting, standing frame, 

 9 X 17. The capacity is about that of 9 L. 

 frames. The outer case is not nailed at the 

 corners, but is supplied with metal corner 

 pieces, screwed or nailed to the sides. 

 Through these corner irons are passed two 

 rods (one at either end of the hive) having a 

 thumb nut at one end. These are so ar- 

 ranged that the tightning of the thumb nut 

 gives compression upon both ends and sides. 

 The frames are reversible singly, or en masse 

 by reversing the chamber. 



The super is 4)^ x 1.5 x 17, and in construc- 

 tion is identical with the brood chamber case, 

 save that the ends have a recess or inset to 

 received the ends of the seperator. The only 

 inside pieces, are three tin seperators. The 

 super sides and separators, are provided with 

 " spurs, edgers, or points," so that when the 

 sections are in, and the compression brought 

 to bear, the "spurs" imbed themselves in 

 the section edges. The compression and 

 spurs, are the means of supporting the sec- 

 tions. The super holds 32, 1'h x 4I4 X4I4 

 sections. The super sides support the sec- 

 tions adjoining them, while the separators 

 are placed between each alternate row of 

 sections, so that all are supported, and each 

 section will have one straight side because 

 adjoined by either the super side or a sepa- 

 rator. There are neither T tins, section 

 holders, patern slats, followers nor wedges, 

 in either super or brood chamber, and in 

 both brood chamber and super, we have 

 compression from both side and end. 



The hive has two covers : a thin, plain 

 cleated-corner cover ; and a flat, rimmed 

 cover, about 13^2 inches deep. The rim is 

 rabbetted •)«, and telescopes that much. 



With the hive is a wood zinc slatted queen 

 excluding honey board, and a queen trap. 



There is no provision for an entrance in the 

 hive proper. The honey board has a bee 

 space in each side, and has the hive entrance 

 in its edge, and carries the alighting board. 

 This board remains on the hive the whole 

 year. The entrance is double, 1. e., one 

 opening directly beneath the excluder, and 

 one immediately above it : a piece of sheet 

 iron separates the entrances. Thus we have 

 a free passage for the bees to either brood 

 chamber or super, without passing through 

 the hive. 



The trap is adjustable to either entrance. 

 When placed on the lower one its top side is 

 level with the bottom of the upper entrance, 

 and practically serves as one alighting board. 

 This arrangement permits the bees to work 

 diiect to the super without passing through 

 excluding metal, but will trap the queen 

 should she attempt to leave the hive. At 

 mating time the trap is placed at the upper 

 entrance, leaving the brood chamber en- 

 trance free ; but it blocks the queen from 

 going into the super. 



Now, briefly, some of the advantages we 

 claim. 



The entrance being at the top of the brood 

 chamber will facilitate packing for winter ; 

 it is out of the grass, weeds and snow, and 

 above toads. ( Here, toads are as " thick as 

 hops.") The entrance being so near the su- 

 per, in fact directly into it, causes work to 

 begin there earlier, and progress more rap- 

 idly. 



The arrangement of the trap and entrance, 

 permits us to keep swarms from absconding. 



The means of compression is simple but 

 firm, and permits of reversing the brood nest 

 at will and leaves no place to propolize in 

 either brood chamber or super, and reduces 

 to a minimum the opportunity for burr 

 combs. No sections can " kick up " or get 

 out of place. 



In wintering we have " top ventilation," 

 which we are prepared to prove is necessary 

 to safe wintering. 



The hive will be nailed and painted at 

 the factory and shipped " K. D." You have 

 only to put the brood frames together, put 

 the starters in them, and your hive is ready 

 for use. 



No hive ever ofifered to the public com- 

 bines so many valuable features with so few 

 pieces and parts. It is simple, easily han- 

 dled, and durable ; and to obtain equal re- 

 sults with any other known hive, will cost 

 double what this hive will cost. 



