AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



685 



Best Size of Frames and the 

 IVumber to the HiTe. 



Query 950.— 1. Without taking into con- 

 sideration the desirability of conforming to a 

 standard size, would an eight-frame hive hav- 

 ing frames of the Langstroth length and 11% 

 inches deep, be better than an ordinary eight- 

 frame hive ? 



2. If so, why ? and if not, why not ? 



3. Would it be better than a ten-frame 

 Langstroth hive ? 



4. If so, why ? and if not, why not? 



5. If there were no standard, what would 

 you consider the best depth for a frame of 

 Langstroth length, and how many of them 

 should be in a hive, if the frames are all in 

 one story ?— Colo. 



I am not prepared to answer these 

 questions. — M. Mahin. 



I don't know. I'm open to conviction 

 all around. — C. C. Miller. 



In my out-aplary I use a 10-frame 

 Langstroth hive, and consider it next 

 best to the Gallup frame.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



I have always used the Langstroth 

 frame, eight to a hive, and have had no 

 experience with any oiher. — Mks. L. 

 Haerison. 



2. Too deep for best results in comb 

 honey. 3. No. 4. Same reasons as 

 above. 5. Regular standard 10 frames. 

 — S. I. Freeborn. 



1. I should not prefer it. 2. Too deep. 

 3. No. 4. Too deep. 5. A frame of 

 the Langstroth size, and 9 or 10 to the 

 hive.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1 and 2. Better for winter, and not so 

 good for section honey. 8. Better for 

 winter, and for all purposes quite likely 

 as good as any.— P. H. Elwood. 



1. No. 2. Because I would rather 

 make the Langstroth frame shallower 

 than deeper. 3. No. 4. Because it 

 would be too deep. 5. About l}i inches, 

 10 frames to the hive, would be the best 

 for honey-production, I think.— J. A. 

 Green. 



1. No. 2. Because you could get no 

 better results, and it would cost more. 

 3. No. 4. You could get no extra re- 

 sults. 5. Just as now made— 8.— B. 

 Taylor. 



1. Yes, I think so. 2. Because it 

 would give more comb surface. 3 and 4. 

 I don't know. 5. I prefer the standard 



Langstroth frame with 10 in a hive. 



W. G. Larrabee. 



1. For your State I don't know what 

 would be most desirable. 5. I doubt 

 whether an all-around frame can be 

 suggested that would be better than the 

 Langstroth.— Eugene Secor. 



I use the regular Langstroth frame, 8 

 in each story, and 3 stories high for ex- 

 tracted honey. The Langstroth frame 

 is good enough— why bother or putter 

 with odd-sized frames ?— E. France. 



1. We wish to work for comb honey, 

 and shallow hives are best. 2. I prefer 

 the regular 8-frame hive. 3. I doubt if 

 one uses a hanging frame if there is any 

 better hive than Langstroth 8-frame, 

 regular standard size.— A. J. Cook. 



1. Decidedly no. 2. For extracted 

 honey there would be little objection, 

 but for comb honey the bees have too 

 far to travel. 3. I think not. 4. Be- 

 cause Langstroth is standard. 5. I 

 should prefer 10 frames not over T 

 irfches deep.— C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Yes. 2. Because I prefer a large 

 brood-chamber. 3. It might be just as 

 good if it had as much room. 4. Same 

 as No. 2. 5. I like the dimensions of a 

 10-frame Langstroth. I think if the 

 frames were deeper the bees would con- 

 sume the more time in their travels. 



Jas. a. Stone. 



1. I believe for a cold climate they 

 would be preferable. 2. It gives more 

 cubic inches of brood space, hence more 

 populous colonies. 3. Try it and report 

 through the " American Bee Journal " 

 I don't know. 5. At a guess, the dimen- 

 sions you give and 10 frames to a hive 

 — J. M. Hambaugh. 



If you have in view the safe wintering 

 of the bees, the deeper the frame the 

 better. If you consider ease of hand- 

 ling, etc., to the exclusion of the benefits 

 to be derived by a deep frame for win- 

 tering, the Langstroth frame is the best 

 This answers all of the questions — 

 Emerson T. Abbott. 



1. No, worse. 2. The frames are too 

 deep, and the hive holds too much comb 

 3. No. 4. The 10-frarae hive presents 

 more top surface for the sections with- 

 out being materially larger than the one 



