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Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill.
NEW LANGSTROTH BEE HIVE,
WITH MANIPULATING SIDE.
This Improvement in the old Langstroth Hive Is exceedingly valuable, as it allows the closest watching of a colony with the greatest ease and comfort. By turning the thumb-screw (L) and opening the movable side (which takes but an instant), frames can be examined, by removing the loose side-board (M), the bottom-board may be cleaned—giving the advantages claimed for a loose bottom-board, without its disadvantages.
This Hive is a combination the Langstroth Hive and North Star Hive—as pated June 5, 1877—and, no doubt, will gain universal approbation as soon as its advantages are known.
The New Langstroth hive is peculiarly adapted for the production of comb honey—its Honey Rack is the best in use, and is adapted to the use of the Prize Boxes. It holds 18 Prize Boxes, with the separators between them, marked B B in the cut. The wedge (A) holds all with a vise-like grasp. The outer boxes are glassed as they stand on the hive (C C C). By removing the wedge (A) any box may be instantly removed, examined, returned, or replaced by an empty one—the spaces between the rows readily admitting the fingers for that purpose.