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Biiildiiiir a Hoii§e fur Ociieral 

 Use in tlie Apiary. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 698.— 1. What would he the most 

 convenient iirrangement toi- a house to be 

 used for all the accommodations of an apiary 

 of 75 or 100 colonies, to include shop, store- 

 room for honey, hives, etc. ? :.'. Should it be 

 one story high, or tivo ?— W. Va. 



2. I prefer a two-story Ijuikling.— G. M. 



DOOI.ITTLE. 



I am not prepared to answer either ques- 

 tion.— M. Mahin. 



1 and a. Yourown taste and convenience 

 should decide.— A. B. Mason. 



Get any of the standard works on apicul- 

 ture tor answer.— G. L. Tixkek. 



Two-stories high; make a double floor 

 above, so that no dust will work through 

 the floor. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. I think that the one illustrated in my 

 "Bee-Keepers' Guide" is excellent. 3. 

 Two stories.— A. J. Cook. 



1. Space will not admit of a reply to 

 this query in this department, a. It should 

 be two stories, unless in a dangerously 

 windy location. — Jams.s Heddon. 



1. I could not give a full answer in so 

 small a space. 2. I prefer two stories.— C. 



C. MiLLEK. 



This question is treated in the bee-books, 

 and requires too long an answer for this 

 place.— J. M. Shuck. 



I would advise the questioner to visit 

 some well-managed apiarian establishment, 

 and look around. To answer this question, 

 would require a whole article, with dia- 

 grams.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1. This would depend much upon the 

 situation of the bee-yard, surroundings, 

 etc., details of which would be too lengthy 

 for this department. 2. I presume a two- 

 story building would be preferable.— J. M 

 Hambaugh. 



I like mine, which is 30x30 feet, one 

 story, divided into two rooms below— one 

 for honey, and the other a shop. There 

 would be plenty of room above tor storage 

 of hives, etc., which answers well for 400 

 or 500 colonies.— R. L. Tavlok. 



If I were to build such a house, I would 

 figure on an octagon two-story building, 14 

 or 16 feet across. I would use the ground 

 floor for a shop, and the second story for 

 honey, and such other fixtures as would 

 seem best.— Eugene Secok. 



1. A house about 14x18 feet. 2. Two 

 stories high, the upper story to be used for 

 a shop for making hives, etc., and storage 

 of the same; the lower story for the storage 

 of honey, cases, etc., and a cellar under- 

 neath could be used for the storage of bees 

 m winter.— Mr.s. L. Harrlson. 



1 and 2. Octagonal, two stories high, 

 with L for work and storage room. I do 

 not think that a house apiarv will be a suc- 

 cess, and would not advise any one to 

 build one; I speak, however, from informa- 

 tion—not from experience.— J. E. Pond. 



I should set it on high ground, and have 

 a good bee-cellar under it. The shop I 

 would arrange on one end of the first 

 floor, and a store-room for honey on the 

 other. A second story would be very con- 

 venient for storing empty hives, supers, 



etc.— C. H. DiBBERN. 



This department is too limited in space 

 to more than hint at a plan for convenient 

 apiary buildings. My plan is to have the 



building but oni- story high; 15 feet wide, 

 and as long as necessary for all purposes. 

 Have an 8 foot utlice in front, next to the 

 honey store-room, then the extracting room 

 T'i feet, and, lastly, the shop. A good 

 cellar under the store and extracting 

 rooms will be convenient and useful. -G. 

 W. Demaree. 



Build it to suit your fancy or require- 

 ments. We should prefer it to he two 

 stories high, about 20x30 feet, with two 

 rooms below and one above. The latter 

 should have a double floor to keep the dust 

 from the lower rooms, in one of which the 

 honey can be stored; the other would make 

 a good work-shop. The upper room will be 

 excellent for storage. — The Editor. 



Lan^slrotii Hive — Placing: tiie 

 €onib Honey Super. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 699.— 1. What is the projier propor- 

 tions for the LauKst roth hive'/ ■,'. Should the 

 super tor comb honey fit directly on the top of 

 the hive, or insidr of the same— resting on the 

 top of the frames ?— Michigan. 



2. On top.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



2. On the top of the hive.— R. L. Taylor. 



1. If I used the Langstroth hive, I would 

 have it hold ten frames. 2. On the top of 

 the hive.— M. Mahin. 



1. Nineteen and % inches long, outside 

 measure; 1 5 T.^' inches wide, outside meas- 

 ure, and 10 inches deep. 2. On top the 

 hive. — A. B. Mason. 



1. See Langstroth's book. 2. It should 

 fit the honey-board, resting on the outside 

 rim of the hive— never on the brood-frames. 



— C. H. DiBBEllX. 



1. The Langstroth, of course, otherwise 

 it ceases to be a Langstroth hive. 2. On 

 top of the hive or a honey-board. — G. M. 



DOOLITTLE. 



1. The frame is 11% by 9\. The hive I 

 prefer holds eight frames, so that it would 

 be, inside measure, 13x18 inches, and 10 

 inches high. 3. On the hive, scant '*„ of an 

 inch above the frames. I prefer this.— A. 

 J. Cook. 



1. The Langstroth hive that I use is 20 

 inches long, 13 '4 wide, and 9 »f^ inches deep, 

 outside, made of Jsinch lumber. The frame 

 is the "standard Langstroth," 17vVx9",^ 

 inches. 2. The super should rest on the 

 hive, and the same size outside, as the hive. 

 — H. D. Cutting. 



1. The Langstroth frame is 17?sx9ii, 

 inches— top-bar 19 inches long. Now you 

 can make the body of the hive to suit the 

 number of frames you desire. 2. I prefer 

 to have the super inside the hive, and to 

 rest on top of the frames. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. Unfortunately, the size of the Lang- 

 stroth frame is not uniform, as made by 

 different men. I always supposed it to be 

 17-\x9is inches, outside measure. Some 

 make it 17-'.,xl)'„ inches. Of course there 

 should be a bee space above, below, and at 

 the ends of the frames. The size otherwise 

 can be made for as many frames as you 

 desire to use. 2. I like it resting on the 

 hive only — a bee-space above the frames. — 

 Eugene Secor. 



1. The dimensions of my hives which use 

 the generally adopted Langstroth size of 

 frames— length 1 «>;,', depth 9I^,and breadth 

 15'i,. This is inside measure, and will 

 accommodate ten frames 17%x9^i5 inches, 

 spaced IJ-^ inches from center to center. 2. 

 On top of the hive. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



wood zinc (lucen-excluder, and an eight- 

 frame hive of the length of the standard 

 Langstroth, but the brood frames should 

 be only 7 inches deep. But it is not proper 

 to use a <iueen-excluder, in working for 

 comb honey, on an eight or ten frame 

 Langstroth hive of the usual size. 2. On the 

 top of the hive.— G. L. Tinker. 



Take the Langstroth frame and make the 

 hive deep enough to leave a bee-space of 

 5-1 (> of an inch on top of the frames, and 

 long enough to leave 5-1 6 or •'?« of an inch at 

 each end ; then it depends upon how you 

 want to epace the frames, and the number 

 you wish to use, what width you will adopt. 

 2. I prefer them on the top of the hive, but 

 it is possible I am wrong. — C. C. Miller. 



The Langstroth hive should be 14 '^^ 

 inches wide, and long enough to carry a 

 frame that will hold four 4 '4x4 '4 sections; 

 that is to say, the size of the " Simplicity." 

 This will take ten frames. Some prefer a 

 narrower hive, to take eight frames only. 

 The proportion should be the same in the 

 narrower hive. — J. E. Pond. 



1. The Langstroth hive should never be 

 made. Many improvements of it are bet- 

 ter than the original. The inside dimen- 

 sions of the Langstroth are— depth 10 

 inches, length 18 '4 inches, and width 15 

 inches. These are inside measurements. 

 2. There was a bee-space between the 

 frames and the " honey-board," and the 

 super or boxes rested on the honey-board. 

 —J. M. SnucK. 



My undersized Langstroth hive is simply 

 a well-made box, 14xl8}8 and Q'':, inches 

 deep, inside measure. This I call the "hive 

 body." The hive body is rabbeted at the 

 ends, so that the standard Langstroth 

 frame, when in place, is adjusted in a cen- 

 tral position in the hive body, having half 

 the bee-space above, and half below the 

 frames. These hive bodies are used for 

 brood chamber and for upper stories. A 

 rimmed bottom-board is used that may be 

 fastened on with clamps or not. I hardly 

 ever fasten the bottoms. Section-cases are 

 made the same size, but, of course, of 

 proper depth for the sections. The queen- 

 excluders have wood rims around them with 

 half a bee space on both sides. The whole 

 is arranged so that one department will 

 tier on a S(/i(a)'c,/oi;i;,one on the other. The 

 standard Langstroth frame is 17?8x938 

 inches. Nothing beats this arrangement. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



1. The best that I have ever used for the 

 standard Langstroth frame, eight in num- 

 ber, has an inside net dimension as follows : 

 Ten inches deep, llj'o wide, 18is long; out- 

 side measure, 10;^ inches deep, 13 wide, 

 and 19 ;4 long. 2. Directly on top of the 

 hive, never sliding over on the outside, nor 

 on the inside the least bit. Avoid all that, 

 as you would foul brood. The super should 

 not rest on top of the frames. There should 

 be a bee-space between the bottom surface 

 of the super and the top of the frame. This 

 bee-space should be in the top of the brood- 

 chamber, and never anywhere else, under 

 any circumstances. — James Heddon. 



The Report of the proceedings of the 

 20th annual session of the International 

 American Bee-Association contains, besides 

 the interesting report, the new songs and 

 music then used, and engravings of the 

 present officers as well as the retiring ones. 

 In all, it contains 36 pages. It is for sale 

 at this office. The price is 25 cts., postpaid. 



1. There are many sizes and proportions 

 for a Langstroth hive, and opinions vary „. , „_,„,„„ 

 very much. If I wanted to get the largest | Clubs of o for $4.00 to any addresses, 

 results in comb honey, I would use the Ten for $7.50. if all are sent at one time. 



