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proposed, while the latter would have 

 more honey at the tops of the frames, 

 which is a serious evil. 5. I much pre- 

 fer the sectional hive ; barring that I 

 should prefer a hive shallower than the 

 Langstroth hive rather than deeper. — 

 R. L. Tayloe. 



It all depends. There are so many 

 things to be taken into consideration. I 

 have always thought the Langstroth 

 frame was too long for its depth. My 

 best success was with a frame shorter 

 and deeper than the Langstroth ; yet at 

 same time I had in use 880 Langstroth 

 frames.— H. D. Cutting. 



1. I think not. 2. Look at a strong 

 colony clustered on the ordinary frame, 

 and you will see by the shape and size 

 of the cluster, that it is very well adapt- 

 ed to their needs. 3. Yes, I think so. 



4. There is not so much empty space to 

 be kept warm. 5. Eight frames, 9 J^ 

 inches deep. — Mrs. J. N. Heateb. 



1. No, it would not. The reguUir size 

 is deep enough. 2. Experience is the 

 best teacher, and the great majority of 

 Langstroth hives over all others in use, 

 is the "why." 3. This is a mooted 

 question. I prefer the 10-frame hive. 



5. The regular size that has been used 

 so many years, and found to be "the 

 thing." — J. E. Pond. 



1. I think not. 2. Because time and 

 use has proven that the Langstroth 

 frame is not too shallow to hurt. Be- 

 sides, you are not bound to use only 8 

 frames ; if your bees need more comb 

 space, use 10 frames. 3. No. 4. Be- 

 cause I can't see it. 5. I would say 8 

 inches, and 10 frames in each depart- 

 ment. — G. W. Demaree. 



1. No, it would not, though such a 

 depth would be perhaps as good for ex- 

 tracting. 2. A deep frame is not as 

 good in producing comb honey as a shal- 

 low one. 3. No. 4. Because bees will 

 store more comb honey over a shallow 

 frame. 5. A brood-frame 7 inches deep, 

 like the Nonpareil, 8 to the brood-cham- 

 ber, gives the best results for comb 

 honey.— G. L. Tinker. 



1. Too much comb and weight in a 

 frame that size for me. I do not think 

 It would be as good. 2. Too deep for 

 easy manipulation. If I were going to 

 change the Langstroth frame at all in 

 depth, I would make it shallower rather 

 than deeper. 3 and 4. No; for reasons 

 stated above. 5. About 7 inches deep, 

 10 frames to a hive ; and with my ex- 

 perience I would have a hive only one- 

 story for either comb or extracted honey. 

 — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



The Langstroth frame has always 

 been my favorite, but I have often 

 thought I would like to try a Langstroth 

 frame one inch deeper — improvement (if 

 there be any possible) being obviously in 

 that direction. I doubt the wisdom of 

 carrying it so far as the figures you 

 mention. An 8-frame hive of this en- 

 larged size would undoubtedly be liberal 

 enough in size. — W. M. Barnum. 



We would use 10 frames, say 12 

 inches deep, and of Langstroth length- 

 Our reasons are that the queen always 

 lays eggs in a circle, and she should be 

 able to lay as large an amount as pos- 

 sible without having to hunt. For this 

 reason a shallower frame is objection- 

 able. Another point in favor of the 

 deeper frame is in the need of honey 

 over the brood-nest in extreme cold 

 weather, as the bees often starve when 

 the honey supply fails above them. A 

 square frame would be better than any 

 other, if it were not that it leaves too 

 little room above for surplus cases, 

 which compels tiering up too high. — 

 Dadant & Son. 



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