My colonies in Juniho extractins; lii\es averaged 100 lbs. of honey. 



extracted lioney ; it should make ease of 

 luanipulation possible, interchanging with 

 standard bodies, supers, covers, and bot- 

 toms, and successful indoor or outdoor win- 

 tering. 



Manj' hives called standard cannot ac- 

 commodate one quarter of the bees, comb, 

 and honey which in a prosperous season 

 may be found in large ones, while their 

 owners wonder that they obtain so little 

 profit from their bees. It is very evident 

 that profit can be derived from bee culture 

 with almost any style of frame or hive, but 

 it is also an established fact that in every 

 pursuit some conditions produce better re- 

 sults than othei^s under the same circum- 

 stances. 



The number of frames to be used in a 

 hive depends on their size, for we shonld 

 nianage our bees and give them such space 

 as is necessary to obtain the best results. It 

 is unquestionable that the quality of a queen 

 doiionds on the quantity of egg's that slie is 

 able to lay. Then why limit her by adopt- 

 ing a hive as your standard so small that 

 siie cannot develop her fertility? I wish to 

 lake the opportunity of again asserting that 

 my preference for large hives is based on 

 an experience of nearly twenty yeai-s with 

 hives of different sizes, and various races of 

 bees. 



In addition to the disadvantages of small 

 hives, another — greatest and most impor- 

 tant of all — is the excess of natural swarm- 

 ing which they cause. The leading advocates 

 of small hives, some of whom are tlie largest 



lioney-producera, invariably acknowledge 

 that the}' have too much naUu-al swarming. 

 The cause is, solely, contracted brood-cham- 

 bers. 



I find that among the manii^ulations that 

 tend to discourage swarming, especially 

 ->vith the Carniolans. which are claimed to be 

 excessive swarmei's, is abundance of venti- 

 lation during the honey-fiow, obtained bj' 

 means of a large entrance, protection of the 

 hi-\'e from direct rays of the sun, and plenty 

 of storage room. I desire to mention that 

 the hive I have fiinally adopted is the ten- 

 frame Jumbo. These hives consist of two 

 regular dovetailed Jumbo bodies, Hoffman 

 liy^-inch-deep frames; covers and bottoms, 

 where used for extracting purposes. 



One can adopt the Jumbo hive and still 

 keep on using the standard Lang"stroth ten- 

 frame hive and supers. In my judgment it 

 is of the utmost importance to have a hive 

 vvhich standai'd supers and covers will fit, 

 and one adapted to bottom-boards; and to 

 such an extent am T an advocate of this hive 

 that I have discarded all other sizes that 

 were in my apiary. 



As a non-swarmer, or practically so, when 

 operated for extracted honey, this hive is 

 Tmsurpassed; and as to the production of 

 comb lioney, I find that bees readily enter 

 supers; and it is an ideal hive for purposes 

 of tiering up. The brood-chamber is of 

 such capacity that the most prolific queens 

 rarely venture into supers or extracting- 

 bodies. although queen-excluders are advis- 

 able. Colonies retain what nectar is placed 



