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THE BIG HIVE 



HOW LARGE A HIVE? Beekeepers make very different answers. No one hive can serve the 

 needs of all beekeepers and all beekeeping conditions. So some beekeepers still swear by the 

 Langstroth 8-frame hive, and tell you why it is best for their locality and their honey-flow. 

 They won't have any other. Very many more will say the 10-frame Langstroth is just right. In 

 these later days, there are excellent beekeepers, too, who declare for a bigger hive — they want a 

 deeper hive than the Langstroth, with deeper frames, or they want a hive big enough to hold 12 or 

 13 of the standard Langstroth frames. 



THE JUMBO HIVE 



To meet the requirements of beekeepers who have wished the bigger hives, this Company has 

 been manufacturing the "Jurnbo" hive for more than 20 years. It is a deep hive, being 11 13-16 

 inches in depth, and the frames are 11^ inches deep, or 2^/^ inches deeper than the regular Lang- 

 stroth. Otherwise it is standard Langstroth. It will take 10 L. supers, covers, bottom-boards, 

 etc., without any change whatever. It has 3,400 square inches of comb capacity as compared with 

 2,700 in the standard 10-frame hive. It provides completely for the larger brood-chamber, better 

 swarm control, giood ventilation, and excellent wintering features, claimed for the deep hive by 

 those who prefer it. 



THE SQUARE JUMBO HIVE— 13 FRAMES 



For those wanting an even larger deep hive than the Jumbo, we supply the Square Jumbo. The 

 depth is the same as the regular Jumbo, but it has 13 frames. The big Jumbo has a comb capacity 



The Standard lO-fraiue Hive 



The JuiTil)0 



The Root Square Hive 



of 4,400 square inches, with 13 frames (or 63% more than the 10-frame L. hive) and 4,080 with 12 

 frames and the 1^-inch spacing. It makes a square hive — easy to manipulate because it fits the 

 bottom-board, however it is spaced, and the supers and covers are more easily placed. This hive 

 meets the wants of the advocates of the big, big hive — it is deep and wide both. A shallow-depth 

 super is furnished with this hive. 



THE ROOT SQUARE HIVE— 13 L. FRAMES 



We have now been manufacturing this large hive for a year. It meets the needs of many pro- 

 gressive beekeepers who want a large brood-chamber for building up enormous colonies for the 

 honey-flow, and yet permits the use of the standard L. frames which so many beekeepers have on 

 hand. The single brood-chamber holds 13 frames with Ij^-in. spacing, giving a comb capacity of 

 3,480 sq. ins. (30% more than the standard 10-frame Langstroth) ; or it will hold 12 Hoffman or metal 

 spaced frames, giving lyi-m. spacing, with one-fifth more comb capacity than the 10-frame hive. 

 Equipment for V/i-'m. spacing at the same price as our regular Ij^-in. spaced frames. It has the 

 advantages of easy manipulation, due to being square — fits the bottom-board however turned, 

 thus permitting placing combs parallel to the entrance for winters — and supers and covers are 

 easy to place in position. This hive gives a large brood-chamber and either the Ij^ or I'/i in. 

 spacing, while it requires only the regular L. frames so generally owned by beekeepers. Shallow- 

 extracting supers are regularly furnished with this hive, depth 5f^ ins., frames S^ ins. deep. 



Square Jumbo and the Root square (13-fr.) hives furnished at present from Medina only. 

 Write for full description and detailed prices. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio 



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