. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI< OF THE APIARY. 235 ture in the United States. His hive, his book, his views of win- tering, and foul brood, his introduction of the bellows-smoker— a gift to apiarists—all speak his praise as a man and an api- arist. The facts that the Bingham hive, as now made, is a great favorite with those that have used it, that Mr. Quinby pre- ferred this style or type of hive, that the Quinby form is used by the Hetherington brothers—Capt. J. E., the prince of Ameri- can apiarists, with his thousands of colonies, and O. J., whose ne
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI< OF THE APIARY. 235 ture in the United States. His hive, his book, his views of win- tering, and foul brood, his introduction of the bellows-smoker— a gift to apiarists—all speak his praise as a man and an api- arist. The facts that the Bingham hive, as now made, is a great favorite with those that have used it, that Mr. Quinby pre- ferred this style or type of hive, that the Quinby form is used by the Hetherington brothers—Capt. J. E., the prince of Ameri- can apiarists, with his thousands of colonies, and O. J., whose neatness, precision, and mechanical skill are enough to awaken envy—are surely sufficient to excite curiosity and be- speak a description. The Quinby hive (Fig. 100) as used by the Hetherington brothers, consists of a series of rectangular frames (Fig. 100) Fig. Frame, Sottom-Board and Frame-Support, of Quinby Hive.—Oiiginal. twelve by seventeen inches, outside measure. The end-bars of these frames are one and one-half inches wide, and half an inch thick. The top and bottom one inch wide and half an inch thick. The outer halves of the end-bar project one-fourth of an inch beyond the top and bottom bars. This projection is lined on the inside with sheet-iron, which is inserted in a groove which runs one inch into each end of the end-pieces, and is tacked by the same nails that fasten the end-bars to the top and bottom bars. This iron at the end of the bar bends in at right-angles (Fig. 100, a), and extends one-fourth of an inch parallel with the top and bottom bars. Thus, when these. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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