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rangement brings the center combs 

 more directly in range of the entrance. 

 Another reason is, that in winter the 

 bees will cluster near the entrance, and 

 from that position, if the entrance is at 

 the side of the combs, the stores are not 

 so accessible from the position of the 

 cluster. — M. Mahin. 



1. I have used a good many both 

 ways, and I never observed any differ- 

 ence in the prosperity of the colonies. 

 2. I prefer, though, the entrance always 

 at the end of the frames, because I do 

 not want to level the hive both ways. — 

 Eugene Secor. 



1. At the end. 2. Because the bees, 

 having a tendency to store their sup- 

 plies at the opposite side or end from 

 the entrance, can, in the winter, move 

 towards their supplies much more con- 

 veniently along the frames than across 

 them. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. It does not make very much differ- 

 ence, and perhaps both plans have ad- 

 vantages. 2. The side-opening is best 

 in cold, stormy weather, and the end 

 plan is perhaps the better when bees are 

 gathering honey. This is, however, an 

 "open question." — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. I do not see why it would be any 

 difference. But I think the entrance 

 should extend the full length of the side 

 or end on which it is, as we have noticed 

 the bees always enter at the point 

 nearest opposite to where they expect to 

 deposit their load. — Jas. A. Stone. 



1. I dont think it makes any great 

 difference. What Gallup hives I have, 

 the entrance is under the sides of the 

 frames, and in the Langstroth hives 

 under the ends. 2. Some claim that the 

 wind has less effect on colonies where 

 the entrance is at the side of the frame. 

 — S. I. Freeborn. 



1. We prefer an end entrance. This 

 question has been much debated in Eu- 

 rope, the frames with opening on the 

 end being called "cold frames," while 

 those with opening on one side are 

 called "warm frames." 2. There are 

 arguments pro and con to both methods. 

 — Dadant & Son. 



1. I use the entrance at the end of 

 the hive ; I don't know that it possesses 

 any advantages over a side entrance. 2. 

 As I use a Langstroth hive, I prefer the 

 entrance in the end ; the hives present a 

 handsomer appearance, and are more 

 convenient to handle when the entrance 

 is so placed. — J. E. Pond. 



1. At the end. 2. It is better for 

 various reasons, that the hive should 



have a slight slant toward the entrance. 

 This is not practicable with the en- 

 trance at the side. There is better com- 

 munication between the entrance and 

 all parts of the hive, and it is much 

 easier to work with a hive having the 

 entrance at the end. — James A. Green. 



1. I have hives in the yard now that 

 the bees enter both ways, and I cannot 

 tell any difference. In fact, I do not 

 know as it makes any particular differ- 

 ence when the bees enter, but I have a 

 notion that I would rather have them 

 enter at the ends of the frames. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



1. I don't care whether it's at the side 

 or end of the hive, so it's at the end of 

 the frames — what's called the cold ar- 

 rangement. 2. For one thing the bees 

 get to all parts of the hive more readily, 

 but enough is that both ways have been 

 tried, and nearly all agree on the cold 

 arrangement. You can use just which 

 y9u like. — C. C. Miller. 



1. The end. 2. All hives should slope 

 toward the entrance, and it would not 

 be very convenient to have the entrance 

 in the side. Then it throws the center 

 of the brood-nest farther away from the 

 entrance, which is very important in 

 early spring. The bees also like to build 

 their comb pointing to the entrance. We 

 assume that the frames hang lengthwise 

 of the hive. There are some people who 

 are content to handle a lot of short 

 frames. They might disagree with me. 

 — Emerson T. Abbott. 



1. I prefer the entrance at the end of 

 the frames. 2. That " Why ?" is mighty 

 short, but the answer must be long to 

 cover the grounds, and I can't go over 

 the points here. It is sufficient to point 

 out the fact that when bees are at work, 

 passing in and out of the hive, and it 

 becomes necessary to open the hive — as 

 it often does at such times — it retards 

 the work, and bothers the bees more to 

 open "gaps" in their nest crosswise 

 than to open them lengthwise. This is 

 only one point. — G. W. Demaree. 



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