. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <sify-. tt Jflwrnal, DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XIX. CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 14, 1883. No. 46. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, Mr. Gravenhorst's New Bee Book. Mr. G. has kindly sent us a copy of his new book, entitled : " Der Prak- tische Imker," (The Practical Apiar- ist) of which w€ will give a short review. On page 11, a cut represents the hive he uses. It is made of straw, after the fashion of the straw skepof the " days of yore," but its shape is such as t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <sify-. tt Jflwrnal, DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XIX. CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 14, 1883. No. 46. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, Mr. Gravenhorst's New Bee Book. Mr. G. has kindly sent us a copy of his new book, entitled : " Der Prak- tische Imker," (The Practical Apiar- ist) of which w€ will give a short review. On page 11, a cut represents the hive he uses. It is made of straw, after the fashion of the straw skepof the " days of yore," but its shape is such as to admit of the use of frames ; all being of the same size. The base of the hive has a rectangular shape, but the upper part or cover has a cylindrical form, and is perfectly tight. This makes it necessary to have the upper part of the frames of a round form, and they are accessible only after hav- ing the hive turned " upside ; To keep the fratues in position, the upper part of the same catches in notches, in a bar fastened in the crown of the hive, while the projecting shanks, having holes, are fastened to the hive with iron pins or wire nails. The hive has two or three entrance holes, the main one being in the lower half, and the others in the upper lialf of the hive, being about equally dis- tributed on one side of the hive. As the large hives take 15 framas, of nearly the same size as a Lang- stroth, it enables the apiarist, by the aid of division-boards, to winter two or three small colonies in one hive. Mr. G. claims for his liive certainty of wintering without loss and rapidity of handling the bees. The hive is especially adapted for extracting; surplus honey is obtained l)y side storing. Though sections may be put into the large frames, as shown on page 170, but leaving, of course, empty corners on account of the round shape of the large frame. Un- questionably the bees will winter well in this hive, but we doubt whether the yield obtained by side-stori
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