. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 1, 1875.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 181 THE BERKSHIRE BEEHIVE. By the kind permission of Mr. Sadler, of Sonning, Berks, we are enabled to place before our readers an illustration of this hive, which, from its inventor's description, has been for some ten years before the pubKc. He says :— ' It is universally aclinowledged to be the most useful and interesting hive yet invented, to which the highest testimonials are constantly being received. It combines the advantages of glass with the utility of wood, consist- ing of store-box and tw
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 1, 1875.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 181 THE BERKSHIRE BEEHIVE. By the kind permission of Mr. Sadler, of Sonning, Berks, we are enabled to place before our readers an illustration of this hive, which, from its inventor's description, has been for some ten years before the pubKc. He says :— ' It is universally aclinowledged to be the most useful and interesting hive yet invented, to which the highest testimonials are constantly being received. It combines the advantages of glass with the utility of wood, consist- ing of store-box and two supers; each super will hold 20 lbs. of honey, and by remo\ang full ones and replacing them empty, unlimited room is given, and swarming pre- vented. ' The original hive, with bees, as exhibited in 1865 (to which the silver medal was awarded), may still be seen in good working condition, never having swai-med.' We are quite willing to acknowledge that it is a really useful hive, and a model of excellent workmanship, cheapness, and good taste, but we cannot go all the way with the inventor, and give it the first place amongst bee because there are one or two features in it which do not quite come up to our standard. It is a most ingenious composition of wood and glass,_and is a great favourite with ladies, so much so indeed as to entitle it to be considered a boudoir hive. It is essentially an indoor hive, and is intended to stand on a table with its plain wooden back against an outer wall, through a hole in which the bees may find a passage to the open air; but in the illustration the floor-board is reversed to show the entrance, which is cut m its upper surface. The stock-box is rather smaller than the ordinary Woodbury hive, and measures Hi inches from front to rear, lU inches in width, and IQi inches in depth, inside, having a capacity of a little more than 1300 cubic inches. One side of the hive is of plain pine, but the three other sides, i. e., those inten
Size: 1581px × 1581px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbees
