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brood-rearing, and the two extra frames in the ten frame hive, which 
_is generally filled with honey—I mean the two outside frames— 
would go in the sections instead; but I found that they put as much 
honey in the outside frames of the eight frame hive as they did in 
the ten frame, and instead of the hrood crowding the honey up in the 
sections, the honey had crowded that much of the brood out of ex- 
istence. 
I find that the swarms from the eight frame hives are smaller than 
from the larger hives, so much so, that when a swarm gets out un~ 
seen, I can generally tell what size hive it came from by the size of 
the swarm. 
Why should there be so much difference in the percentage of 
honey gained by the tenframe over the eight frame in different 
seasons? Some seasons bees will put more honey in the brood 
chamber in the early part of the season than others, and the greater 
the tendency to store honey.in the brood chambers in the beginning 
of the season, the greater the difference. 
In 1893 my bees stored less honey in the brood chambers in the 
early summer season than I have ever known them todo. The col- 
ony that stored 200 lbs of honey was run with four to six supers, 
holding twenty-eight sections, and kept all the frames solid full of 
brood most of the season; while in 1894 the tendency to store honey 
in the brood chamber was very great, especially in the eight frame 
hives. 
I have noticed that bees in small hives do not seem to be satisfied. 
Their work in the sections compared with the work done in the ten 
fame hives gives me that impression. They do not fill the sections 
nearly as well, especially the end ones. I noticed this in particular 
in 1894. I had quite a number of the eight frame hives that would 
not finish the end sections. Four hives in particular that I could 
not make start in the end sections at all, but they wou/d finish the 
center ones. Although I had more large hives than small ones, 
there was not a single large hive that troubled me in that way. 
I find they winter just as well in the eight frame hive as in the 
ten, and I have had no trouble in having them run short of winter 
stores, as they don’t seem to use as much as in the ten frame, but in 
the frames that are 10 34 in. they winter best when all are used with 
a 3g in bee-space below the frames. The past four seasons, I have 
reversed my bottom boards when putting bees in the cellar, it mak- 
ing a two in. space under the frames with an opening the full width 
of the hive, givinga free bottom ventilation and a chance for bees 
to cluster under the frames. With the bees prepared in this way, I 
find no difference in wintering in favor of deep frames. 
