1 64 THE HONEY-BEE. 



they afford means of collecting, in a very neat, 

 attractive, and convenient form, large quantities of 

 purest and sealed honey. Thousands of hundred- 

 weights are now annually secured in this manner in 

 our own country, and tons of such filled sections 

 are every year imported from America, from which 

 country, we believe, was derived this ingenious little 

 invention, which has done so much towards the 

 promotion of the pleasure and profit of bee-keeping 

 among us. 



Some people, however, still prefer to secure their 

 super-honey in bar-frames similar, except in point 

 of depth, to those of the stock hive. Such an 

 arrangement may be seen on the preceding page, 

 which represents one made by Messrs. Neighbour 

 and Son. 



A form of hive first brought out at Stewarton, in 

 Scotland, and named after the place of its original 

 manufacture, is a great favourite with many bee- 

 keepers, and certainly often yields admirable results 

 in the way of super-honey. We are warranted, 

 therefore, in giving some account of it. 



It consists (see Fig. 57) ordinarily of four octagonal 

 boxes. Three of these, A, B, and C, are called " body- 

 boxes," and serve as abodes for the bees, for nurseries 

 and supplies of food, for rearing the young and for 

 winter use. Each is fourteen inches in diameter in the 

 widest parts, and five and a-half inches deep inside. 

 Nine bars range along the top of each. These are 

 not movable, but serve as guides to the bees for 

 building straight combs. Between them, and beyond 

 the outer ones, are ten narrow strips made to slide 

 in grooves in the bars, so that the top is completely 



