The "K. D." Non - Swarming, Reversible Hive. 



No. 1 is a reverpible bottom board and feed- 

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

 2 is the brood cliamber. It takes a closed- 

 end standing frame 9x17. The bee spaces are 

 in the bottom board and honey board. B<.th 

 aides and ends are compressed upon be 

 frames by the nuts and rodt* When releused 

 for manipulation, the frames rtst upon the 

 bottom board rim ends. The chamber is re- 

 versible, 



The H lighting board (.5) is a part of and at- 

 tached to the honey board i i i while the m- 

 trances (8 &nd9^ lead respectively imder and 

 above the houey board. The queen tra.. i6i 

 covers the brood chamber entrance. No. 10 

 is the super, held together by the rods— neitli 

 er super nor brood chamber are nailed at the 

 corners— and both sides and ends conipn ssed 

 upon the sections. By compression :ind 

 spurs, the super sides and s-paratorn sup- 

 port the sections perfectly, without T's, 

 slats, followers, or wedges. The 8 and 10 

 frame hive supers take respectively 2 and 3 

 wparators and 24 and 32, I's wide sections. 

 They may be full separatored by adding 

 plain wood or till sepaiatore, or by spur 

 tieparators. For ext/acting, the super takes 

 8, I'a inch thick frames in place of the sec- 

 tions Nos. 12 and 13 are the inner and outer 

 covers. 



The two- colony, non swarming, combination 

 brood chambers (B and C cut No. 2) each con- 

 tain a colony of bees. K is tlie separating board 

 dividing the colonies. J is the alternator that 

 passes the bees out from the lower hive and re- 

 turns them to the upper, thus working two col- 

 onies in one set of supers. To prevent swarming 

 both colonies are reversed en masse once a week 

 in the swarming Sr-ason. The hives are clamped 

 together by the appliance M, elevated by the 

 hoister (Ll and revolved as a wheel on its axis. 

 Thus, once a week the queen cells are upset 

 and the bees alternated. The clamp and hoist- 

 ing appliance for reversing, costs $2.00. 



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 suPEK WITH EACH HIVE. frame, frame. 



A single hive as in cut 1 $2 .iO $2 75 



Same with plain bott'^mand cover 2 1.5 3 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 .... 45 50 



Super with spur separators ... M) 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 set 12 15 



.Vddress 



AIKIN BROTHERS & KNIGHT, 



Ijoveland, Colorado. 



