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If the hive is supplied with the Comb Separators there 
will no drones hatch. 
5th. Ventilation, which is .so essential to all bee-hives, 
the Compound Hive is well provided with. By the use of 
the Bee-Preserver a swarm can be shut up and removed a 
thousand miles, if desired, with safety. 
6th. Tiie Compound IIive is supplied with nine Comb- 
Frames, 12 inches in depth by 14 inches in length, which 
can be taken from the hive separately, any time when 
desired, even when filled with honey and covered with bees. 
There is a device on the top bar which will cause the 
bees to build their combs straight within the frames every 
time, and does not interfere with any other patent. 
7th. The Compound Hive is so constructed that it can 
be used as a non-swarming hive, by letting it out and using 
it in single form, thus preventing natural swarming, should 
it be desired. When let out to its full capacity, it will hold 
near three bushels, or near three hundred pounds of honey. 
8th. The Compound Hive can be used as two separate 
hives by the use of a common rough board the size of the top 
of the hive, until their master can make a hive or send and 
get one. In case swarming should take place, and having 
only the one hive on hand, then the combs and bees can be 
transferred into another hive in three minutes. , 
9th. The Compound Hive is so constructed that a 
swarm of bees can be hived in less than half a minute, if 
they alight where they can be shook off. 
10th. The Compound Hive is so arranged that the 
outer part of it can be turned bottom side up, as a stand to 
set the inner part upon, thus giving a single swarming hive 
whilst the other part is used as a platform. 
lltli. The Compound Hive is adapted to so many 
changes, can be manufactured at a cost of from $1.50 to 
$3.00, depending on the price and quality of lumber, style of 
painting, &c. Before the war good hives could be got up 
for less than $1.50 each. 
Parties purchasing the Right, or a Hive and Right, will 
receive a book of directions free ; showing how to manage 
