HIVES 
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Overfeeding plus cold causes dysentery. 
Taking everything in consideration, if 
the double-walled hives cost more than the 
single-walled, they will save from 25 to 50 
per cent of the stores and at least 50 
to 90 per cent of the winter losses, year 
in and year out. During spring and sum¬ 
mer a larger return in honey may be ex¬ 
pected for the reason the bees are not 
obliged to stop their comb-building because 
their super is too cold nor stop brood-rear¬ 
ing in the spring. Neither are they forced 
to eat too much of the freshly gathered 
stores in order to keep up bodily heat. 
Under Wintering Outdoors will be 
found a description of the quadruple win¬ 
ter cases. Bees in four single-walled hives 
packed in one of these cases will be as 
well if not better protected than bees in 
the double-walled hives. In some locali¬ 
ties, where migratory beekeeping is prae- 
Buckeye double-walled hive with space between the 
walls filled with packing material. 
ticed, or where a scheme of out-apiaries is 
used, a single-walled is preferable to a 
double-walled hive, because it takes less 
room in the wagon or truck, is lighter, and 
more easily handled. Where such hives 
are used, they should be kept in a winter 
packing-case until settled warm weather 
comes. 
The double-walled hive has the advan¬ 
tage in that it is more suitable for the back- 
lot beekeeper, the farmer beekeeper, or 
those who desire to leave their bees on the 
same stand the year round, and who, on 
account of other duties, cannot fuss with 
putting bees in the cellar and taking them 
out again, or packing and unpacking in 
large winter cases. Even when bees are 
wintered in the cellar, a double-walled hive 
is a great advantage in that it protects the 
brood and the bees after the bees are set 
out of the cellar in early spring. If they 
could be kept in the cellar until settled 
warm weather, the bees would not be sub¬ 
jected to the rapid and severe changes of 
weather conditions. But this not practic¬ 
able. In localities where the climate is 
very severe, many find it advisable to put 
these double-walled hives in the cellar and 
set them out in the spring. Bees need pro¬ 
tection, not only during cold winter weath¬ 
er, but in the spring, after they are set 
out when changes are often frequent and 
severe. 
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUCKEYE HIVE. 
The brood-chamber is made of an outer 
and inner rim of select %-inch lumber, 
lock cornered together for strength. The 
space between the two walls is covered 
over with a sort of picture-frame water- 
table. This is secured to the inner cham¬ 
ber in the manner shown; cleats 11, as well 
as the water-table, are then nailed to the 
inner and outer wall. The unfinished hive 
is turned upside down before the bottom 
cleats are nailed in and the double wall 
filled with packing material. 
Experience shows that the top needs 
protection more than the sides. Hence 
we have tray E made of %-inch lumber 
with a bottom of common burlap, which is 
left in a baggy condition so that the tray 
will fit tightly to the hive, thus preventing 
the wind from whistling in under the tray'. 
Cover D is put in place after the frames 
and the bees are in the hive, then tray E 
is put on top of the whole. This is filled 
level full of packing material, such as 
leaves or planer shavings, and over this 
then is placed the large cap or cover that 
goes over the whole. 
It will thus be observed that this double 
hive is made on the plan of an ordinary re¬ 
frigerator, or like a safe cabinet built to 
protect its contents from fire. Anything 
that will keep ice from melting will in like 
manner keep water from freezing. The 
principle is the same as that of the well- 
known thermos bottle. The thermos bot¬ 
tle will keep water cold or hot for hours 
and hours. The double-walled hive here 
