12 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



most generally used, provision is made for ten 

 frames only, this being the number to which it is 

 usually considered expedient to limit the queen, 

 and the frames are usually arranged so that they 

 hang at a right angle to the entrance. 



Fig-. 1. Cross Section of Bar-frame Beehive. 



The portion of a hive allotted to the use of the 

 queen is spoken of as the " brood nest" ; the por- 

 tions devoted to deprivation purposes are termed 

 surplus chambers or " supers." 



The beehive shown in section by Figs. 1 and 2 

 is of about the best type, as the air space round the 

 brood chamber keeps the bees dry and warm in 



