irivp:s. 



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ITIV^ES. 



v<)c;ites,(Mial)les tlieiii to liaiidU' lilv(s inslead 

 oi' framrs, U) lun\ Uie queen liy shaking the 

 bees out of one or both ot tlie sJiallow sec- 

 tions. The horizontal bee-space througli tJie 

 center of the brood-nest is considered an ad- 

 vantage in wintering, in that the bees can 

 move up and down and laterally tliroiigh tlie 

 combs. 



HAND DIVISIBLE-BROOD-CHAMBEU HIVE. 



Mr. J. E. Hand, of Birmingham, O., uses 

 a hive embodying some of the basic princi- 

 ples of the Ileddon, but with some improve- 

 ments which, in his ojjinion, render it sim- 

 pler, clieaper, and more practicable am 

 workable. In the first place, he simplified i 



stand the principle; Init the removable fol- 

 lower-board is only tliree-fourths as wide as 

 one side of the brood-chamber, the reniain- 



SIDE OF UrPEl! M:(1I().\ DKTArilEJ) ■fo SUOW 

 COKSTKLCnoK. 



ing space being taken up by a permanent 

 wooden strip which securely holds the two 

 ends and the sides in ] osition. The follow- 

 er-board, as Will be seen, is cleated on the 

 inside; and on the opposite side are two su 

 per springs, just opposite the uprights of the 

 brood-frames or section holdeis, as the case 

 may be. When sections or frames are in 

 place, the follow^er-board closes up the open 



.J. K. HAND S SECTIONAL HIVE. 



by making the brood- chamber of the same 

 depth and general construction as the super 

 for containing sections. In doing this, in- 

 stead of making the brood-chamber deeper 

 than the super, as did Mr. Heddon, lie 

 cheapened the hive by making each division 

 or section of it one and the same thing in 

 every respect. Instead of using thumb- 

 screws, which will very often swell in damp 

 weather so as to become immovable, making 

 it impossible to remove the frames, he made 

 one side of his super or brood-chamber with 

 a removable follower-board, the same being 

 secured in place wath a pair of ordinary Van 

 Deusen hive-clamps. By consulting the en- 

 gravings herewith one may readily under- 



LOOKixo iin{(n-Gn a section kkom the bot- 

 tom, SHOWING THE VERY NAKKOW BARS. 



