90 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES* 



presence of eggs, or better, of worker brood in the 

 hive, he may utilise her as he thinks proper. 



Full-sized hives, with the interior space con- 

 tracted by means of division-boards, so as just to 

 take in three bar frames, serve for queen-rearing, 

 but it is generally more expedient to use special 

 or nucleus hives of simple construction and smaller 

 size, which are easy to manipulate or move about. 



The hive, of which a perspective view is given 

 in Fig. 83, is half the size of the usual full-sized 



Fig 1 . 83. Hive for Rearing Queen Bees. 



hive. It takes in five standard size bar-frames, 

 and will serve either for queen-rearing or to ac- 

 commodate temporarily a small or medium swarm. 

 It is not difficult to make, and to a beginner in 

 bee keeping who proposes to make his own hives 

 it will afford a preliminary exercise before taking 

 in hand the construction of stock-hives. 



A plan of the body box, and as much of the 

 base-board as can be seen by looking directly 

 downwards, is shown in full outline in Fig. 84; 

 and Fig. 85 is a longitudinal section taken cen- 



