HIVES. 



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also made various arrangements and improvements 

 to secure advantages beyond those of the original 

 Woodbury hive. We cannot detail all these modi- 

 fications ; but among them may be mentioned that 

 the ends of his frames are so notched as to 



FIG. 52. ABBOTT'S STANDARD FRAME. 



render them easily held by the fingers when it is 

 required to lift them, and to replace them. Mr. 

 Abbott also makes hives of various degrees of cheap- 

 ness, according to the conveniences required and the 

 neatness of workmanship demanded. We may safely 



FIG. 53. ABBOTT'S STANDARD FRAME (TOP VIEW). 



attribute to him a vast influence on scientific bee- 

 keeping, and a visit to his works and apiary at 

 Southall, not far from London, on the Great Western 

 Railway, will well repay any one interested in 

 apiculture. 



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