All apiarians agree in the opinion that a bee-hive should be of a uniform temperature-lower than that of the average of the external air in summer, and warmer than it in winter. Various plans have been devised in order to accomplish this result. Double-walled hives have been used, the space between filled in with a non-conducting material, and hives have been covered in winter with earth, straw, &c. These plans, however, have not been generally adopted, the double-walled hives being expensive, and the covering of the hives in winter and the uncovering of them in the spring attended with considerable trouble. 

My invention consists in constructing a beehive of corn-cobs, substantially as hereinafter set forth, whereby a cheap and good non-conducting material is obtained, and one which will absorb the moisture in the hive, keeping the same dry and in a healthy state.

US Patent 53,475. patented March, 27 1866.— BEE-HIVE. - T. W. Pierce, Minneapolis, Minn. constructed of corn-cobs, substantially as I claim a bee-hive shown and described. 

PLB

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