Or how to Realize the Most Money with the Smallest Expenditure of Capital 
and Labor in the Care of Bees, Rationally Considered. 
PUBr<I8HED MONTHLY. 
VOL. I. 
MEDINA, 0., MAR. 1, 1873. No. 3. 
1ST A HT I NO AX APIARY. 
X making hives, whatever shape or 
*3j form you decide upon, he sure and 
have the grain of all the boards run hori- 
zontally. If this point were recognized 
by ouir "patent hive” venders, much less 
annoyance would be experienced from the 
results of using imperfectly seasoned 
lumber, as it is well known that shrinkage 
takes place almost entirely at right angles 
to the grain; and where hives are made 
ns above, even if the lumber be unseason- 
ed no bad results follow, except to decrease 
the distance between the lower bar of the 
frames and the bottom board, and accord- 
ingly where our pine boards are unseason- 
ed, we should allow from one-half to three- 
fourths of an inch, presuming they may at 
no time come nearer than three-eights of 
an inch. 
Also : It will pay you to take time to 
put every board oil the hire in such a way 
that the heart side of the board comes 
outward. Every board is to be examined 
'with reference to that at the time you do 
the rabbeting. Hoards are always more 
disposed to warp in such a way that the 
side that grew towards the bark of the 
tree will bo hollowing, and in hives ex- 
posed to the weather, if we can keep the 
corners and edges of the boards 
close up to their places our hive will keep 
tight ; also the dampness of the bees in- 
side contrasted with the hot sun outside, 
is inducement enough for the boards to 
curl up without having them put on 
"wrong side out.” 
For this latter idea we are indebted to a 
mechanical friend whose skill and re- 
searches in regard to the properties and 
iitness of wood or metals for industrial 
purposes, arc destined soon to make him 
better known to the world. The success 
of mnuy of "Novice’s” plans and contri- 
vances has been very much due to this 
same Mr. Aloah IVashburn, especially the 
Windmill and attendant machinery. 
Since our last we have succeeded in ! 
making the entire body of the dollar hive 
of lumber 12 inches wide, which is quite 
an item, as we can thus get along without 
waste and ns it is a staple width can al- 
ways be purchased at a low figure. Oct 
boards 12 feet long dressed om both sides 
to i of an inch accurately in thickness, 
and cut each one into four pieces of equal 
length. After you have straightened one 
edge of each piece, removing as little ns 
possible in so doing, cut a side and end 
from each ; lengths, 1(1 and I !>i inches 
respectively. Rabbet all the ends of the 
end pieces «x j, and bear in mind what we 
said about having the heart side outward. 
We must make it a study to handle each 
piece as few times as possible and to 
facilitate this we have devised the little 
arrangement illustrated by the following 
figures : 
Fig. 2. Fi„. 1. 
1 vt|| 
A 
/ 
1 | 
A* 
p 1 
I j 
i A 
7 
b \ 
! e' 
cj C 
Fig. 1st is a top view of our wedge 
shaped platform for sawing all the bevels, 
and Fig. 2d, a view of either of the ends 
B and E. The three pieces A, B and E, 
are made of our J pine boards. A is 3-i 
xl5 inches and B and- E are 2} inches, 
where A is nailed into them, and A inch 
at the small end, and just 12 inches on 
their longest or upper side. C is simply a 
strip to hold them together. F is a spring 
stop just 1} inches nearer the saw than A, 
and is simply a strip ■} inch thick screwed 
fast, to . two hickory springs fastened on 
the inner sides of B and E in such a way 
that it can be pressed down between them 
level with their upper edges, but rises 
again when allowed to. To use the ap- 
paratus set the gunge bar on your buzz 
saw table so A will slide against it and 
just allow C to clear the saw; now hold 
the finished edge of either one of your 
