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keeper ean well afford to pay him liberally 

 for the risfht to use it. 1 would here say 

 that 1 am iu no way interested in this frame 

 personally, and write only iu the interest of 

 iiee-keepers general ly. 

 The top bar of this frame is a square stick 

 ' ^.C in. siiuare, and when used in 

 (ine corner is uppermost, thus: 

 iMr. IJingliam uses them 21 to '22 

 lin. loufj." 1 use them 20 in. long, 

 Ibut were I to start anew, I wonkl 

 luse them 24 in. long. The end 

 wBi^^^ pieces of the frame are % incli 

 thick, 13^ or l}i in. wide, and (> inches long. 

 There is no l)ottoni i>iece to the frame. 

 Tlie frame looks thus: 



We use from 8 to 13 of tliese frames in a 

 liive, 10 frames are ample for a very good 

 swarm. The ends being IX i"- wide stand 

 close together when in the hive, and really 

 make the side of the hive thus: 



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The diamond marks indicating the ends of 

 the top bars, by which it will be seen that 

 the bees have ample space to pass between 

 the top bars to the surplus boxes. Having 

 finished the frames I will proceed to the 

 rest of the hive. I have varied my case 

 from that used by Mr. Bingham, and as I 

 prefer it, will describe it. 



Here is a rough draft of the front of the 

 hive, without the cover. 



Figures 1 indicate the front board which 

 is 2 in. longer than tlie frames over all, that 

 is if your top bar is 20 inches, and your end 

 pieces % in., this would make the frame 

 20%, so this front board would be 22% long. 



2, 2, indicates the edge of the bottom boai'd; 



3, 3, are the cleats to which the bottom 

 is nailed; 4, 4, are ends of % in. thick strips 

 nailed on top and at each end of bottom 

 board, these strips raise the frames and 

 front board % in. from bottom board, and 

 makes the entrance for the bees. The back 

 board is precisely like the front board, so 

 there is an entrance front and rear, ])ut in 

 practice we generally (except in warm 

 weather) close the rear entrance by a 

 spare strip sawed off the proper length; 5, 

 .5, represents the ends of the side hoards, 

 and (5 is a rod of iron with thumb screws at 

 each end to hold them together, precisely 

 like the end boards of a connnon sugar box. 



These sideboards are (>}^ in. wide and 

 rabbeted on each edge as represented, and 

 are as long as the bottom board is wide, say 



20 or 24 in. Now this box screwed together 

 with the reijuisite numl)cr of frames makes 

 the hive jironer. lint the ten fiamrs will 

 notoceuiiy all of the bottom board, so that 

 the back board of the hive must he crowded 

 close up to the frames, and by turning the 

 thund) screw will remain them as tight as 

 if nailed, but can i)e instantly loosened by 

 loosening the screws. When you do not 

 want boxes on the hive the cover ean be 

 put on and you have a hive complete. I al- 

 ways use a cloth over the franu's so that the 

 cover does not stick when being removed. 

 Now when you wish to put on honey boxes, 

 remove the cloth and jtnt them directly on 

 the frames— do not use a honey board. Get 

 your brood and surjilus boxes as near to- 

 gether as possible, but we have no case for 

 the honey boxes. To have this, put up 

 another box with the rods and screws ex- 

 actly like the lower one for the hive proper, 

 and it will fit like a glove, the rabbeted 

 edges of the side boards hokling it in place, 

 and so on up, any number of stories you 

 may desire. 



I may not have made my description 

 plain, but 1 think any of you with a me- 

 chanical turn of mind can get the idea. Its 

 advantages are that it is simple and cheap. 

 absolutely free of gimcracks and traps, yet 

 jiossessing all the real I'equisites of a tirst- 

 ciass hive. It will be seen that only two 

 kinds of pieces are necessary for the case — 

 side boards and end boards. Of course you 

 must liave a bottom and top. The top is 

 any plain cover that will project over all 

 and which is water tight. 



No hive in the world can beat them for 

 box honey, for the reason that you can get 

 the brood and honey boxes so near together. 

 I do not speak at random, I know what I 

 am talking about. Hundreds of these low 

 liives are in use in this vicinity, and they 

 are fast driving out all other hives, and 

 wlien they become generally known the 

 name of their inventor— Mr. Tracy Flynn 

 Bingham— will hold a place among apicul- 

 turists, not inferior to Quinby or Langs- 

 troth. Julius Tomlinson. 



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