68 HIVES. 



MOVABLE COMB HIVE AS USED BY THE AUTHOR. 



I will give a full description and manner of making one, 

 modified by myself from Langstroth's, being much more 

 simple. But he claims that it is not changed sufHciently 

 to be released from his patent.* 



DrBBCTIONS FOK MAKING. 



I make the hive as follows. Get boards twelve and a 

 half inches wide, and one inch in thickness ; cut two 

 lengths twenty-one and a half inches, and two, twelve inches, 

 if to be painted, they are planed on both sides, other- 

 wise only inside— these hives having frames on the inside 

 to assist the bees in holding fast, the smooth surface does 

 no harm, and has the advantage of saving the bees the 

 trouble of waxing over the rough places. The two shorter 

 pieces are rabbeted out on the inside upper edge a halt 

 inch, to receive the ends of the frames. The whole is now 

 thoroughly nailed together, making a box without top or 

 bottom. The inside is just 12x19^ inches and 12^ deep. 

 At the bottom, in one end, is an entrance three or four 

 inches long, by one-fourth inch deep, also an inch hole half 

 way to the top. The stand and roof are made like those 

 described for the box hive, only longer. The frames for 

 the inside — the point constituting the superiority of the 



*I lun not ]aw3'er enough to decide ,the point, nor wlietber the olher patents 

 for movable combs are infringements upon liis. Therefore I do not wisli any 

 one to take the troubre to write to me for an opinion. I am instructed, however, 

 by the owners of several patents, to advise any one disposed to use their liive with 

 no opportunity to purchase right, to use it without iiesitation, and wlien the owner 

 calls on them, if tliey are ready to pay for an individual right, no harm can 

 bo done. It is generally quite agreeable to have their value thus appreciated. 



That the reader may have an opportunity of choosing among a variety of hives 

 of this class, I will give the address of several patentees of hives, to whom lie 

 may apply for a description : 



•L. L. Laiigslroth, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 



S. Ide, East Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



T. S. Underbill, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pa. 



W. C. Harbison, Chenango, Lawrence Co., Pa. 



Mr. M. Stillwell, Manllus, Onondago Co., N. Y. 



