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-A. -W ARDS 
OBTAINED BY 
THE CHAMPION BEE-HIVE. 
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The Champion Bee-Hive with the improved movable-comb frames, has 
received the highest award at every State and County Fair, wherever 
yet exhibited. Also the “Champion Diploma” of tile German Bce- 
Keeper’e Association in 186G-G7. 
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE OF THE GERMAN APIARIAN CONVENTION HELD 
AT BRESLAU, 18 ( 56 . 
Although a large number of hives arc represented, many of them in- 
geniously constructed, justice demands from us to award the highest 
prize, the “ Champion Diploma.” to E. Kretchmer’a Champion movable 
comb hive ; its cheap and simple construction, its ornamental appear- 
ance, the convenience it affords the bee keeper to manage it and the bees, 
the secure protection it affords to the bees against the heat, cold, the for- 
midable moths, and against robber bees, is not equaled by either German 
or American hives here represented. The construction of every part of 
the hive is founded on a thorough knowledge of the nature and laws 
which govern the bee. In this hive every comb can be taken out without 
injuring them in the least, or crushing or killing the bees ; to secure nat- 
ural heat from the bees it is upright in form, with proper ventilation at 
the right place where the bees will not glue it over, and the simple ar- 
rangement for securing and removing the brood of the moths, together 
with the low price at which the hive can be made, makes it the champion 
of all first-class hives now before the public. 
JULIUS J. ZAUHM, Chairman of Committee. 
GRAND SILVER MEDAL AT THE LATE PARIS EXPOSITION. 
Breslau, October 1, 1867. 
E. Kretchmer— J)ear Sir: It maybe surprising to you (o learn that 
your “Champion Bee-Hive” has taken the highest award, “a guand sil- 
ver medal,” at the late Paris Exposition. The hive was exhibited in the 
Prussian Department by Ernst Oust, the President of tie* National Bee- 
Keeper’s Association. I have since received orders for 8 610 hives. En- 
closed fiud the letter of E. Obst, sent to me. Yours, &c. 
B. GRAMSCII. 
