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A gentleman writes from New York, under date 

 of April 2d, 1879: "I have received your hive, 

 \vhich meets my ideas of v\rhat a bee hive should 

 be. It contains all that is required in a bee hive, 

 or in other words it is just the thing I have been 

 wanting. I have been using the Quinby hive, so 

 called, but I am now going to keep bees in earnest 

 on your plan. I have the fullest confidence of suc- 

 cess with )our hive and plan of management. Your 

 plan for wintering is a good one, on scientific prin- 

 ciples, and the arrangement for feeding and surplus 

 honey can|t be beat." 



A gentleman writes from New Hampshire, under 

 date of April 26th, 1879 • "■'■ have tested your hive, 

 and my bees have done first-rate. I believe the 

 hive is just what it is represented. One strong 

 reason why I think so much of your hive is, there 

 ^vere not a dozen bees died in the hive last winter, 

 while three of my first swarms in other hives all 

 died — some of them with fifty pounds of honey in 

 the hive. I have lost some winters as many as fif- 

 teen or twenty swarms. I have now tested your 

 hive to my satisfaction, and I do not believe bees 

 will die in it, if your instructions for wintering are 

 carried out. I think your hive is what every bee 

 keeper should have to make a success of bee keep- 

 ing." 



A gentleman writes from Missouri, under date 

 of May ist, 1879: "Your bee hive I like very 

 much. I put in the swarm last season. They did 

 much better than any swarm I had in the Axnerican 

 hive. I took away more surplus honey than from 



