. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. holding 150 fts. of honey below the revolv- ing cylinder ; this runs through a strainer into it, and is, therefore, free fi'om dead bees, dirt, &c., and is ready to bottle direct from the faucet. Both have tight covers, protecting from flies, bees, &c. They will take any frame not larger than 12x18 inches, and are very durable. For sale at this office. THOMSON'S inter-changeable HIVE. Wm. Thomson, Detroit, Mich, has sent us this hive, which he claims " is the best and cheapest two-story hive ever ; It consists of 4 pieces of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. holding 150 fts. of honey below the revolv- ing cylinder ; this runs through a strainer into it, and is, therefore, free fi'om dead bees, dirt, &c., and is ready to bottle direct from the faucet. Both have tight covers, protecting from flies, bees, &c. They will take any frame not larger than 12x18 inches, and are very durable. For sale at this office. THOMSON'S inter-changeable HIVE. Wm. Thomson, Detroit, Mich, has sent us this hive, which he claims " is the best and cheapest two-story hive ever ; It consists of 4 pieces of pine, 13^ inches wide, and each cut to about 15 inches long, rabbeted inside on top, to receive top bars 1}4 inches, and rabbeted outside 1 inch at bottom. The upper story fitting closely into the rabbet of the lower, but leaving room for the top bars of the frames. The frames are 13 inches square and fit either way of the hive, that being square also. This hive, friend Thomson thinks, " merits the $25 offered by Novice, in Oleanings for ; Novice differs with Mr. Thomson in his opinion, and as he guarded his offer by adding that the desired device must be one that he will adopt, he alone is the judge of " the fitness of things"—and that ends it. "And now comes" Novice, with " malice a fore- thought," and publishes Mr. Thomson as " a humbug and ; Though, if we were called upon to judge in the matter, we should not see our way clear to award the $25 to the "Inter-changeable" hive; still, we deem Novice's action extremely repre- hensible. The hive is very simple, and, in a measure, answers the requirements Novice stated. Mr. T. thought the hive merited Novice's ottered premium, and so stated— is he, therefore, a swindler ? In the name of reason, tell us why ? Novice also condemns the American Bee Journal for publishing Mr. T's. advertisement of this hive—again exhibiting his jealousy and quarrelso
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