COMMENDATIONS. 
From Judge Leith. 
Nevada, 0., December 28, 1868. 
Eld. II. A. KrNO— Dear Sir : I always take pleasure in recommending any real 
improvement in bee-hives. Being personally acquainted with your brother, I know 
that for many years he has been almost exclusively engaged in bee culture, and hav- 
ing myself used the “American Hive,” 1 can heartily recommend it. 
G. W. LEITH. 
From 8. D. Ilarrie, Agricultural Ed. Ohio Farmer, on th« Side-Opening Hive. 
“ We have before spoken of many advantages embodied in this hive, and would 
here add, that it combines several features not found in other movable-comb hives. 
First, it is so constructed as to be weather-proof, even when standing exposed to 
storms; second, the hive is upright in form, so as to secure natural neat for the 
brood-comb ; third t the comb frames can be readily taken out without crushing the 
adjacent comb or killing the bees ; fourthly, the hive is under complete control of the 
operator, both as to ventilation and defence against robbers. Many other points we 
might name, but these, together with the low price at which the hive can be con- 
structed, are very much in favor of the “American Bee-Hive.” 
From Rev. George Sender , Sycamore, 0. 
Rev. H. A. King : I take pleasure in testifying to your improvements in the cul- 
ture of the honey-bee. The “American Bee-Hive” has been used extensively iD 
this region, yet, in all my acquaintance, I know of no place where it is uot giving 
excellent satisfaction. GEO. BENDER. 
From Senator J. IF. Cattell, formerly State Auditor, Dee Moines, Iowa. 
Our friends of the State Agricultural College are highly pleased with the right to 
use the American Bee-Hive on the College Farm. We will try and supply them 
with Hives. I enclose a draft for three Italian Queens. Thanking you for your 
uniform, prompt, and explicit answers, I am very truly yours, 
J. W. CATTELL. 
Extract from on article on Uivee, by Col. Joseph Leffel, of Springfield, 0. 
* * Being somewhat extensively engaged In bee-keeping, 1 have used many 
different hives, but I am fully convinced that in managing bees in the “American, 1 
nearly one-half the time and labor is saved over other hives. It is especially valua- 
ble on this account for beginners and in largo apiaries. I was preseut at the Ohio 
State Fair, both in 1804 and 1805, where this hive took the First Premiums over the 
Laugstroth, Leaf, and other hives in competition. I also learn that the Hive 
received the only premium at the United Fair, of the New England States, held at 
Concord, N. H., in September last ; also at the Pennsylvania State Fair. However, 
I do not regard these decisions as a very reliable test, unless the Committees were 
bee-keepers, and the hives in competition exhibited by the patentees themselves. 
This was especially the case at the late Indiana State Fair, and created much excite- 
ment among bee-keepers. Kidder, of Vermont; Twining, of Indiana; Flanders, of 
Ohio, and others were there, each representing his own hive before a committee of 
practical bee-keepers, and although the “American Hive ” had taken the only pre- 
mium at the Indiana State Fair the year before, it again received the highest award. 
From the Ohio Statesman, October 92, 1866. 
II. A. King & Co., of Nevada, Wyandot County, Ohio, received the first premium 
on the “ American Bee-Hive,” as they had done at the Ohio State Fairs of 18W and 
,SG5. The first premium had also been awarded them at the late United Fair of the 
Vew England States ; also at the Pennsylvania State Fair; and at the Indiana State 
Fair, for several years past. They were undoubtedly entitled to this distinction, foi 
the “ American ” we regard as the best Bee-Hive ever invented, 
