THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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Tbe K. D/' Nop - Sw2irrr)ip5f 

 Reversible Hive. 



No. 1 is a reversible bottom board and feed- 

 er. Deep side up for winter aud feeding. No. 

 2 is the brood ciiamber. It takes a closed- 

 end standing frame 9x17. The bee spaces are 

 in tlie bottom board and honey board. Botli 

 sides and ends are compressed upon the 

 frames by tlie nuts and rods When rele;;sed 

 for manipulation, the frames rfst upon the 

 bottom b.iard rim ends. The chamber is re- 

 versible, 



The "lighting board i5i is a part of and at- 

 tached to the honey board 1 4 1 while the en- 

 trances i> and 9 1 lead respeciively under and 

 above the honey board. The queen trap i7] 

 covers the brood chamber entrance. Nf>. 1(1 

 is the super, held together by the rods— neith 

 er super nor brood chamber are nailed at the 

 corners — and both sides and ends compressed 

 upon the sections. By compression and 

 spurs, the super sides and s- parators sup- 

 port the sections perfectly, without T's, 

 slats, followers, or wedges. The 8 and Id 

 frame hive supers take respectively 2 and :i 

 separators and 24 and 32, 1 ''& wide sections. 

 They may be full separatored by adding 

 plain wood or tin separators, or by spur 

 separators. For extracting, the super takes 

 8; I's inch thick frames in place of the sec- 

 tions Nos. 12 and 13 in the inner and outer 

 covers. 



The "Kay Dee" Hive is also a non swarmer. 

 We meant to have this arrangement illustrated 

 here, but have been disappointed in getting the 

 cut ready. We have also been holding back to 

 perfect some of the details. We have at last got- 

 ten all according to our notion, and now present 

 you a brief description, and if you will drop us a 

 card we will mail you an illustration. 



Two " Kay Dee " brood chambers, each con- 

 taining a colony, are placed one above the other, 

 with a separating board between. Like the hon- 

 ey board, this also has a dt>uble entrance in its 

 edge. In this entry way is placed an alternator 

 — a cheap, simple device. The bees of the up- 

 per colony fly from the top of their chamber 

 through the honey board entrance, while those of 

 tlie lower hive fly from the top of their cham- 

 ber through the alternator, and when they re- 

 turn to the point of exit, are led into the upper 

 hive ; thus they leave one chamber, and, return- 

 ing, enter in *a natural way the other not two 

 inches from the point of exit. This puts the 

 working force of the lower colony into the upper, 

 and of course into the supers above. 



Once a week the super should be examined ; 

 while doing this, remove the honey board with 

 the supers, place a bottom upon the hive, and 

 reverse the two colonies en masse To aocom- 

 plish the reversing we make a pair of clamps and 

 a hoisting appliance that will cost about $2.00 

 per apiary, so that the hives are clamped togeth- 

 er, elevated, and rolled over as you would turn a 

 wheel on its axis. 



Reversing puts the depopulated hive on top, 

 and the populous one below, and queen cells, if 

 any, pointing up. 



The alternating again takes the bees from the 

 lower hive to the upper, with no interruption of 

 work. Alternate them once a week until 8\Yarrn^ 

 ing time is over. 



It will be seen that there are two colonies in 

 one hive, and only one set of svipers, They are 



made to depopulate one chamber this week, the 

 other next week ; yet all is done in a simple, easy 

 manner You can't afford to miss trying this 

 plan this year. 



Send 20c. and get our illustrated pamphlet 

 giving detailed description, method of manage- 

 ment, and much valuable information. The 

 pamphlet free to purchasers of hives. 



The hive goes out nailed and painted but " K. 

 D." at following prices, F. O B.. Brood frame 

 starters are included, but no sections : 



Eight Ten 

 ONE SUPEB WITH EACH HIVE. frame, frame. 



A single hive as in cut 1 $2 50 $2 7S 



Same with plain bottom and cover 2 15 2 40 

 Two colony non-swarming hive.. . 3 80 4 15 

 Same with plain bottom and cover 3 40 3 80 



HIVE PARTS. 



Combined bottom and feeder 35 40 



Plain bottom 20 25 



Brood chamber, including frames, 70 80 



Brood frame f 'd'n starters 10 10 



Honey board and queen trap ia 50 



Super with spur separators ... 50 50 



Inside cover 10 10 



Outside cover 30 35 



Separating board, equalizers and 



alternators , — ■ 50 50 



Plain Cover 20 25 



Shallow extracting frames. 1% in. 



wide, per net 12 15 



.Address 



AIKIN BROTHERS & KNIGHT, 



Itoveland, Colorado. 



