ILLUSTRATIONS 



Charles Dadant Frontispiece 



Moses Quinby Fig. 1 



L. L. Langstroth, inventor of the movable frame hive Fig. 2 



C. P. Dadant, sons and son-in-law Fig. 3 



Head of Queen Fig. 4 



I [ead of worker Fig. 5 



Frames of Langstroth and Dadant-Quinby size Fig. 6 



Twenty-frame Dadant hive tried by Charles Dadant Fig. 7 



Coffin-shaped frames tried by the senior Dadant Fig. 8 



Eight-frame Langstroth and Dadant hive side by side Fig. 9 



Several stories of eight-frame hives make too tall a pile Fig. 10 



Shallow brood-chambers, same depth as supers Fig. 1 1 



Ekes or nadirs of by-gone days Fig. 12 



The DeLayens long idea hive Fig. 13 



A regularly laid and well filled comb of worker brood Fig. 14 



Comparison of Langstroth and Dadant Supers Fig. 15 



Queen excluders exclude ventilation and free access to supers Fig. 16 



Modern excluders are better than the old, but are still in the way 



of the bees - -Fig. 17 



Comb built without foundation or with only a small starter Fig. 18 



The drone trap should not be used except in rare instances Fig. 19 



Detailed cross-section of original Dadant hive Fig. 20 



Details of underside of Dadant hive Fig. 21 



Dadant hive open Fig. 22 



The division board of the Dadant hive Fig. 23 



The story and a half Modified Dadant hive Fig. 24 



Frames of the Modified Dadant hive are the same length as 



those of Langstroth hive Fig. 25 



The Modified Dadant hive has a 40 per cent larger brood comb area 



than the 10-frame Langstroth Fig. 26 



The Modified Dadant hive is equipped with metal cover and re- 

 versible bottom Fig. 27 



The body is dovetailed and has 1 1 Hoffman frames Fig. 28 



The regular Langstroth body may be used as a super Fig. 29 



Home apiary, where we kept bees over 55 years Fig. 30 



A Dadant outyard. The Poland apiary Fig. 31 



Another Dadant outyard, the Holland apiary Fig. 32 



The LeMaire apiary of the Dadant outyard system Fig. 33 



The Milliken outyard of the Dadant system Fig. 34 



The Koch apiary of the Dadant system Fig. 35 



Another Dadant outapiary on the edge of the bluff Fig. 36 



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