THE MICHIGAN HIVES. 35 
Although inventive skill nas not done all in this inter- 
esting field that bee-culturists desire, its achievements 
have, nevertheless, been of great value. The main fea- 
tures of success attained by the hives already noticed, are 
the well established convictions among intelligent bee- 
keepers— 
1. That bees may be induced to build their combs with 
considerable regularity on frames put into their hives in 
a proper manner. 
2. That they may be thus handlel with safety to the 
apiarian and the bees, 
3. That bees may be artificially swarmed, and losses by 
natural swarming prevented. 
Their failures thus— 
1. To provide a style of frames and method of using 
them that will not irritate the bees, nor injure them nor 
their combs. 
2. To provide a convenient ahd reliable system of arti- 
ficial swarming. 
3. To provide safe and economical wintering. 
Many and repeated experiments, by different persons, 
under a great variety of circumstances, and living in parts 
of the country remote from each other, have satisfied 
those who are acquainted with the facts, that in the hive 
and system now about to be presented, the three points 
last named have been reached, and that by their use much 
greater profits may be derived from bee culture than by 
any other hive and system. 
’ Tar Micutean Hives, invented by the author, consist of 
a Quadruple hive, a Double hive, and a Single hive. 
