Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . quest which I incommon with many others now make ?—E. S. BOXES AND SUPEES. In No. 182 of your New Series of The Jouknal or Hoeti-CTJLTrratE, I find an article on comb-pruning by your valuedcorrespondent, Mr. S. Bevan Pox, and in that article allusionis made to one of his hives. No. 7, a box adjuster-hive, fromwhich in the year 1863 he took a super of 30 lbs., and in thepresent year, 1864, another of about 40 lbs. Now, as I am abee-keeper, not, indeed, on a very large scale, I should beglad if your correspondent would furnish me
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . quest which I incommon with many others now make ?—E. S. BOXES AND SUPEES. In No. 182 of your New Series of The Jouknal or Hoeti-CTJLTrratE, I find an article on comb-pruning by your valuedcorrespondent, Mr. S. Bevan Pox, and in that article allusionis made to one of his hives. No. 7, a box adjuster-hive, fromwhich in the year 1863 he took a super of 30 lbs., and in thepresent year, 1864, another of about 40 lbs. Now, as I am abee-keeper, not, indeed, on a very large scale, I should beglad if your correspondent would furnish me with the dimen-sions of the stock-hive, and also those of a super to hold30 or 40 lbs. of honey, likewise what must be the minimuminside measure of a wooden box-hive to contain sufficienthoney to carry a good swarm through the winter.—A. K. H. [The adjuster-hive was originally invented by Mr. , of Kingsbridge. I gave a fuU description, accompaniedby a diagram, of the one then in use by myself, at page 99,of No. 555, Vol. 5XII., pubUshed May 17th, As it is possible that A. E. H., may not possess a copyof The Cottage Gakdeneb of that date, I here sketch out ashort description of the hive, which I hope may suffice toshow him the principle both of its construction and manage-ment. The dimensions now given slightly vary from those of theprevious account, but are, I think, in every way an improve-ment. The stock-box A is 12 inches square, by 8f inches deep,inside measure. It is made of f-inch yellow deal (or |-inchwhen planed), well and truly dovetailed together, and asadditional security, pinned at each corner by two pins ofiron wire i\ inches long, meeting about the centre, pre-viously having bored with a jine gimlet. A rebate of t-inchin depth by i-g-inch wide, is run along the upper edges ofthe back and front. The bars, eight in number, which are12|-inche3 in length, by |-inch wide, and -J-inch thick, aresunk in notches of the same width and depth, so that therewi
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