HE. W. PHELPS’ 
OHIO ee BEE-HIVE. 
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PATENTED APRIL 6, 1852, 
Tae above cut i seh enti of the form of my hive, with a case containing four large 
The 
boxes, with four small 9 son the top, for the reception of surplus honey. usual 
le length I make the é for one family of bees, is three boxes long, as this length te more 
i . Still the case 
convenient to handle, ‘hu it affords sufficient room for one family of bees. 
may be made ten r twe! a fee et in length, and fontain four or five families of bees, if a 
person chooses Be cially, i if it is to cupy a building, such eg xpaed Heuer 
granary, or any "out-hou a ot such instances ei may be made ¢ en the length or width 
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