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HIVES. 



same as tlie section-lioMer siipi'r already 

 (lesciilied ill ('<):\ii5 IIonev. 



This hive is especially adapted to the pro- 

 duction of comb honey, and Mr. Uanzenba- 

 ker prefers to use only one brood-chamber at 

 a time, although in some localities it might 

 be better to use two. The ordinary Lang- 

 stroth frame is just deep enough to permit 

 of the bees building from an inch to an inch 



and a half of honey (ver tlie brood in each 

 fiame. Mr. Danzenbaker makes his frame 

 just enough shallower so that it will be 

 almost solid with brood, and the honey that 

 would otherwise be \n\t in the brood-cham- 

 ber is forced into the sections just where we 

 want it, and where it will bring the higlies' 

 market price. 



ITS GOOD WINTERING QUALITIES. 



Under Frames, Manipulating, will be 

 found a description of how the frames of 

 this particular hive may be handled without 

 killing bees — to this the reader is referreil. 



The Danzenbaker hive has recently been 

 coming into prominence as one that seems 

 to be especially adapted for wintering and 

 springing bees. It is, to a great extent, 

 double-walled, and the closed-end frames 

 make the hive a warm one. 



Hut the claims for good wintering and 

 springing of the bees in this hive will apply 

 with almost equal force to bees in the next 

 hive to he desciibed. 



rilK IIEDDON HIVE. 



This hive was patented and introduced by 

 Mr. James Ileddon, of Dowagiac, Mich., in 

 1885. Its peculiar and distinguishing feature 

 is in the use of one brood-chamber divided 

 into halves horizontally, each half contain- 

 ing a set of eight closed- end close- Htting 

 brood-frames, 5f in. deep by IS^ig. The end- 

 bars, as already stated, are close-titting — that 

 is, the brood-frame slides into the hive with 

 just enough play to allow of its easy removal 

 and insertion. On the bottom inside edge of 

 the ends of each case are nailed strips of tin 

 to support the frames, and the whole set of 

 eight are squeezed firmly together by means 

 of wooden thumbscrews as shown. Under 

 the head of Comb Honey we have already 

 spoken of the value of compression for 

 squeezing sections or section-holders or wide 

 frames. The more tightly the parts are held 

 together, the less chance there is for bees to 

 chink propolis into the cracks. 



The bottom board of this hive is much 

 like that used on the standard hives, in tliat 

 it has a raised rim on the two sides and ends, 

 to support the brood-chamber a bee-space 

 abo\e the bottom-board, and at the same 

 time provide for an entrance at the front. 

 The cover is the ordinary flat one-board, 

 cleated at the ends. 



As already stated, the peculiar feature 

 of this hive is the divisible brood- cham- 

 ber, not two shallow hives one upon the 

 other, but two halves composing one com- 

 plete wliole. The purpose of tlie inventor 



in having the hive divided in this way was 

 to Jifford more rapid handling, and to ac- 

 complish contraction and expansion by sim- 

 ply taking from or adding to the brood i)ait 

 of the hive one or more sections. This divis- 

 ible feature of the hive, according to its ad- 



