THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



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ami I think always will run in tlie 

 direction of preferring to raise 

 comb hone}^ 



The Langstroth Hive. 

 1 was almost ready to cry "Eu- 

 reka !" when I first got liold of the 

 Langstrotli hive. Frames not too 

 deep ; easiW handled, held, turned 

 and looked over ; shallow enough 

 to secure a yield of surplus honey 

 on top ; cheap, easily put together, 

 and with portico, very neat. I 

 have used several styles of Lang- 

 stroth, and will briefly give my 

 views concerning them. 



Simplicity. 

 A good hive having much to rec- 

 ommend it, but two frames too 

 large, and the bevelled edge a de- 

 cided objection. 



Root's Chaff Hive. 

 Very pretty, liked to see it on 

 any lawn, but in this rigorous cli- 

 mate not an infallible winter hive. 

 In the working season, the high 

 walls were sadly in the way of the 

 elbows in handling frames. More- 

 over, too costly, except for a lawn 

 ornament. 



The Falcon Hive. 



This hive is the best of the chaflT 

 Langstroths that I know of. It 

 is easily handled by means of 

 one side being removable. It is 

 held firmly in place by neat clamps. 

 I like to handle bees in this hive, 

 and when I exhibit an interior to 

 visitors, this is the one I prefer 

 to open. The peculiar arrange- 

 ment seems to excite the bees very 

 little, and they settle down into 

 quietness at once when you get 

 through. I consider this a splen- 

 did hive for amateurs, but it is 

 rather costly for a working apiary. 

 It is also too large, being a ten- 

 frame hive. But I use two dum- 

 mies in mine, which makes it better 

 for wintering. There is a pajjcr 

 linino" which is a good non-conduc- 



tor, and ray bees have wintered 

 better in this than in any other 

 hive for "all the year round" that 

 I have tried. 



The Chautauqua Hive. 



This is made l\y the same manu- 

 facturer as the preceding one, with 

 a view to cheapening cost. I think 

 it is an equally good wintering 

 hive, but I have only had trial of 

 it this winter, which is not quite 

 over. It is open, however, to the 

 same objection as the Root Chaff 

 hive, the high walls are in the way 

 of the elbows, when handling 

 frames. 



The Lake Hive. 



Another form of Langstroth with 

 some advantages about it, but 

 rather heavy and costly, and not 

 protected enough for a Canadian 

 winter. I should think it an ex- 

 cellent hive for the south where it 

 it made, and chiefly used. 



The Heddon Langstroth. 



This pleases me better than any 

 of the Langstroths I have tried. 

 Its chief defect is the fixed bottom- 

 board, and this is needed properly' 

 to stiffen the body of the hive, 

 though I have made some that have 

 stood usage well with a movable 

 bottom-board. This hive is light 

 to handle, eas}' to make, cheap, 

 neat in appearance, convenient for 

 putting into the cellar, and the 

 niost convenient I know of for 

 chaff-packing out-of-doors. 



The New Heddon Hive. 



I am supposed b}^ many to have 

 this hive on the brain, but I 

 haven't. So far, I prefer it above 

 any I have tried yet. It gives 

 complete control of the bees, ena- 

 bles you to perform all operations 

 on the double quick, exposes you 

 less to stings, and is the best I 

 know of for getting the most comb 

 honey. 



