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35tli Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 14, 1895. 



No. 7. 



Cor^tributed /Vrticks^ 



On Iiniiortant Ajiiariaxi Subjects. 



The Size of Hives and Frames Considered. 



BT C. DAVENPOKT. 



I have used a good many kinds of hives and different 

 kinds and sizes of frames, and as this is about the time that a 

 good many will be thinking of ordering hives, so as to have 



ommend a hive by name. Now I am going to recommend a 

 hive and frame for this locality, for those who wish a single 

 brood-chamber hive, no matter on what plan the apiary is run. It 

 is a hive and frame that is hard to excel. This is the Dove- 

 tailed hive and improved Hoffman frame, which is sold by alt 

 dealers. This is one of the most practical hives in use, and if 

 one wishes to make his own hives, there Is not a frame hive 

 that is more simple or easy to make than this without the 

 dovetails, and if they are well nailed at the corners, they an- 

 swer just as well without them. But those strips on the bot- 

 tom-boards are one of the main points in favor of this hive. A 

 bottom-board can be made very easily, though, by nailing a 

 couple of cleats on the underside — one at each end — to keep it 



Winter View of the Apiary of Mr. J. S. Scott, at Springville, Utah.— See paije 100. 



them ready for next season's use, I am going to give my ex- 

 perience with different kinds of hives, frames, etc., and my 

 opinion of them. 



It pays to order during the winter. Most dealers give a 

 discount then that more than pays the interest on the 

 money invested, and as Mr. B. Taylor— one of our best and 

 most experienced bee-keepers — once said, a great deal more is 

 lost by not having supplies on hand, and ready for use, than 

 there is by having an overstock. 



I have noticed that there are not many writers who rec- 



I from warping, taking common lath and shaving them down t« 

 the right width for the strips. When I first commenced to 

 use this hive I did not like or appreciate those strips on the 

 bottom-boards, but I do now. 



Some report having winter losses in this hive. I have had 

 the least loss in winter with it of any frame hive I have. I 

 do not want any enamel sheets, quilts, bevel joints, or por- 

 ticos on hives any more. In fact, I sawed the porticos off all 

 my hives that had them on last summer. They were a nui- 

 sance with me. 



