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THE BIG HIVE 



HOW liARGE A HIVE? Beekeepers make very different answers. No one hive 

 c-an servo tlie needs of all beekeepers and all beekeeping conditions. So some bee- 

 keepers still swear by the Langstroth S-frame hive, and tell you why it is best for their 

 loeality and their honey-flow. They won 't have any other. Very many more will say 

 the 10-f rame Langstroth is just right. In these later days, there are excellent beekeep- 

 ers, too, who declare for a bigger hive — they want a deei)er hive than the Langstroth 

 with deeper frames, or they want a lii\e big < nough to hold 12 or 13 of the standard 

 Langstroth fiajnes. 



THE JUMBO HIVE. 



To meet the recniiremt-nts of beekeepers who have wished the bigger hives, this 

 Company has been manufacturing the "Jumbo'' hive f" r 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 deej>er than the regular Langstroth. Otherwise, it is standard Langstroth. It 

 will take 10 L. supers, covers, bottom-boards, etc., without any change whatever. It 

 has 3,400 stjuare 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 con- 

 trol, good ventilation, and excellent wintering features, claimed for the deep hive by 

 those who prefer it. 



THE SQUARE JUMBO HIVE— 13 FRAMES. 



For those wautitig 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 Standard 10-Frame Hive. 



The .hiinho. 



The Root Square Hive. 



I This big Jumbo has a comb capacity of 4,400 sq. ins. with 13 frames (or 63% more 



M than the 10-frame L. hive) and 4,080 with 12 frames and the 1%-in. spacing. It 



= makes a square hive — easy to manipulate because it fits the bottom-board however it 



3 is faced, and the supers and covers are more easily placed. This hive meets the wants 



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



M super is furnished with this hive. 



1 THE ROOT SQUARE HIVE— 13 L. FRAMES. 



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



B many progressive beekeepers who want a large brood-chamber for building up enor- 



g mous colonics 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 



g with l-"5s-in. spacing, giving a comb capacity of 3,480 sq. ins. (30*;^ more than the 



g standard 10-frame Langstroth); or it will hold 12 Hoffman or metal-spaced frames, 



S giving ly^-in. spacing, with one-fifth more comb caj^acity than the 10-frame hive, 



g Equipment for l^^-in. spacing at the same price as our regular 1%-in. spaced frames, 



g It has the advantages of easy manipulation due to being square — fits the bottom-board 



g however turned, thus permitting placing «-ombs j)arallel to the entrance for winters — 



g and supers- and covers are easy to plaee in jiosition. This hive gives a large brood- 



s chamber and either the 1%- or liA-in. spacing, while it requires only the regular L. 



g frames so generally owned by beekeepers. Shallow extracting supers are regularly 



g furnished with this hive, d<'pth ;")% ins., frames .5% ins. deeji. 



g S(|uarf J\imbo and the Root square (13-fr. ) hives furnished at present from Me- 



g dina only. Wiitf for fnll ib'sciiptinii ;iiid d<'t:til('d prices. 



j THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, O. 



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