. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. New Arrivals at Our Museum. LANGSTROTH HIVES. G. W. Zimmerman, of Napoleon, Ohio, has sent us a litliographic view of liis apiary, which now adorns our walls, as requested. He also sent us one of his hives. It is a Langstroth hive, witli a few modifi- cations—and, of course, it is a good one.— Nearly every apiarist is adopting the Lang- stroth hive now—sometimes varying the dimensions, or some other unimportant feature. Friend Zimmerman gives us this description: " I have made and used these hives since 1868. What 1 claim as my improvements, are
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. New Arrivals at Our Museum. LANGSTROTH HIVES. G. W. Zimmerman, of Napoleon, Ohio, has sent us a litliographic view of liis apiary, which now adorns our walls, as requested. He also sent us one of his hives. It is a Langstroth hive, witli a few modifi- cations—and, of course, it is a good one.— Nearly every apiarist is adopting the Lang- stroth hive now—sometimes varying the dimensions, or some other unimportant feature. Friend Zimmerman gives us this description: " I have made and used these hives since 1868. What 1 claim as my improvements, are the frame, 10x14 inches; the hard strip of wood, upon which the frames hang, and the ventilator in the rear end of the hive, which slides on dowell pins. The lower story takes 10 frames; the upper, 11 frames, or sectional boxes. These 1 claim to be my improvements, unless it can be shown that they were used prior to the above date.— (The sectional frame or boxes were 4)^x5 inches). I have tried many movable frame hives, during the 24 years that I have used these, but find that this one gives me better satisfaction than any other. I have had over 3500 of these hives manufactured here; there are now over 3000 liives here, contain- ing these ; It is questionable whether friend Z's modifications are improvements. We cer- tainly prefer the standard Langstroth hive, without them. Of course, other good apia- rists may not—among them friend Z. We add it to our Museum witii pleasure. R. R. Murphy has also sent us a Lang- stroth hive with his modifications, a 6 lb. honey box, and case to hold Prize Boxes for it, with tin separators. It is a regular two- story L. hive—only it has two-inch ends for the brood chamber. This adds a trifle to the cost, and it is questionable whether it is of sufficient value to pay for it. The 6 lb. box is one of the" long, long ago" kind- good, but out of date now. The case and Prize Boxes are to be used on a honey board—as
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