RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(Tux following extracts, from letters and certificates of commendation, are a few that 
I have selected from a large, number that I have received from practical bee-keepers who 
have had my hive in use for a period of from two to four years, and have had an oppor- 
tunity to test its utility from practical experience ; and, therefore, their opinions are en- 
titled to much more confidence than the mere assertions and opinions of persons judging 
only from a hasty examination of an article in which so many have been deceived in 
forming their opinions.] 
Thereby certify, that I put a swarm of bees in one of E. W. Phelps’ Patent Bee-Hives 
on the 18th day of June, andduring the season they filled three of the lower boxes. The 
next season I took ten boxes of honey that averaged fifteen pounds each, and one large 
box, which I should think would weigh from forty-five to fifty pounds. On a fair calcu- 
lation, I feel sure in saying that I toox, in all, 180 pounds of honey, and during the month 
of June, my family being sick, and the bees being in the chamber above, I neglected to 
take the honey from them, and they swarmed twice. This spring I sold the Patent Hive 
and bees for $15, and the two new swarms for $5 cach, making a profit in less than two 
years of 180 pounds of honey, at 12 1-2 cents per pound, which is $21.60, and $17 in cash, 
iogether making $38.60. JOHN J. PUTMAN. 
Newark, O., April 15, 1849. 
I have been using one of the above Bee-Hives for two years past, and believe them to 
be decidedly the best hive that has come within my notice. . W. WILSON. 
We, the undersigned, certify that we are using E. W. Phelps’ Patent Bee-Hive, and that 
we think it superior to any other known to us. During last season we tried the experiment 
of dividing a colony, and it succeeded to our satisfaction ; both swarms did well, and we 
consider it altogether the best hive that has come within our notice. F. ¥. LAMB, 
Newark, O., March 10, 1852. L. MERCHANT. 
Mr. C. Springer, member of the O. S. B. of Agriculture, and President of the Muskingum 
Co. Agricultural Society, in a communication to the State Board, says :—‘‘It is my decided 
opinion that Mr. Phelps’ Hive is the best adapted to the habits of the bee, and the conven- 
ience of the apiarian, of anything of the kind that has come within my notice. 
1st. I have never examined so convenient a moth trap. 2d. It has a good arrangement 
for taking the surplus honey, without which a swarm is comparatively useless. Sd. The 
arrangement for removing the old combs, so essential to keep a colony in health and vigor, 
is of the best kind. 4th. Its adaptation to the strength and size of a colony has much 
merit. My swarm on the Affleck plan are at this time unusually troubled with moths, while 
I find none at all in the Phelps hive. For these reasons I should certainly think Mr. P. 
entitled to Letters Patent, for his ingenuity and skill. I have had several interviews with 
the gentleman, and believe him to have studied the habits of the honey-bee with more 
accuracy than any man with whom I have conversed on the subject. 
“C, SPRINGER, Meadow Farm, Muskingum Co., 0.” 
We, the undersigned, citizens of Licking County, Ohio, hereby certify that we have been 
using E. W. Phelps’ Patent Bee-Hive, and that we have satisfactorily tested its great utility. 
We conceive it decidedly superior to any other invention for the keepmg of bees, the pro- 
tection of them from moths and other common enemies, and for the facility of procur- 
ing of honey without injury to the swarm. The manner of arranging the dividing shutters 
is an advantageous improvement over anything of the hind we have ever seen, and m 
fine, we deem the whole invention, from our practical experience, and from what we 
know of the habits of bees, a very useful invention, and well deserving of the immunities 
of a patent. 
H. N. PARKS, A. SHERWOOD, THOS. BLANCHARD, P. N. O’BANNON, 
HENRY FORRY, JOHN BRUMBACK, JAMES WELLS, WM. ALSDORF, 
JAMES STONE, WM. SHIELDS, V. ALSDORF, I. DILLE, 
SAM’L BOWERS, PETER HOLLER, GEO. ENGLE. 
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