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The interior of the double hive. 



holds 11 frames up to the center of the 

 side gutter. The side gutters are 1^2 inches 

 wide by 5/16 inch deep, and fit into keep- 

 ers. They can be lifted out at will. 



There are two movable division-boards of 

 %-inch stuff, one on each side. This makes 

 it possible to increase or decrease the num- 

 ber of frames to the colony. There is room 

 for 15 frames on each side. 



Those guards at the entrances are of gal- 

 vanized-iron, and ant-proof. They fit in 

 behind a galvanized fencing wire turned in 

 at the end, driven into the front board, and 

 stapled at intervals. They are intended 

 only for winter use. 



The bottom-board consists of two railings, 

 3 feet by 2, each 4 feet long, which caiTy 

 the flooring nailed flush with the rails back 

 and front. 



One great advantage of this hive is that 

 it requires no lifting or shifting about the 

 apiary, for all the work can be done with- 

 out other appliances. I can say, after 

 working the hive for two seasons, it makes 

 beekeeping an actual pleasure. There is no 

 necessity for extra bodies, covers, and bot- 

 tom-boards. Where the hive is placed, there 

 it remains. 



We will suppose that a beekeeper has 50 

 of these hives holding 100 colonies, and he 

 wants to requeen them all in the spring and 



at the same time prevent swarming. He is 

 sure to have ten colonies in his apiary with 

 queens good enough to breed from. Go to 

 these ten colonies, and in each case lift out 

 the side gutter and pull out the movable 

 division. Now take five frames with the 

 queen and place them at the outer end, and 

 back them up with a division-board and 

 replace the gutter. As this hive takes eleven 

 frames to the colony you will now have six 

 frames with no queen left in the main com- 

 partment. Back them up with a rough di- 

 vision-board, and they will at once build 

 queen-cells anywhere from ten to twenty in 

 each colony. When those cells are from 

 eight to ten or twelve days old, go to all 

 your other colonies and do the same as with 

 the ten, and at the same time give a cell to 

 each queenless six frames. The queen will 

 hatch out, mate, and be laying in due time. 

 In the mean time the old queen has been 

 laying uninterruptedly. When the young 

 queen is laying, remove the old one and pull 

 out the division. Slide the old queen's 

 frames back to the others and replace the 

 gutter and division-board. 



This is a simple method of requeening an 

 apiary, preventing swarming, as the young 

 queen will not swarm the same season, and 

 you can allow her another frame, making 

 twelve if she wants them. 



