BAR PEAME HIVES. 



15 



Fig. 15, Abbott Cottage Bar Hive. 



size, i.e. 14Jm. each way inside, and 8Jin. deep, having nailed araund 

 it slats which project Jin. above the sides. Ten rough frames, out out 

 with a, cutting gauge and 

 l)raded together, drop intp 

 this, but have no arrange- 

 ment for putting them into 

 position. The spacing has 

 to be done by eye. Bee 

 keepers having a couple of 

 saws and a hammer may 

 soon construct such a. hive, 

 but having seen several of 

 them in the apiaries of be- 

 ginners, we cannot forbear re- 

 marking that cheapness is not 

 necessarily economy, and that the cheapness here is not the result of some 

 ingenious simplification, but is obtained solely at the cost of completeness. 



Mr. Abbott also makes a 



hive for 6s. 6(J., Fig. 15, 



which is provided with 



roof and bottom board, 



and which, when well 



painted, would be able 



to take care of itself on 



a stand, although of 



course for comfort and 



convenience, it cannot 



be compared with the 



jnore complete and bet- 

 ter finished hives. As a 



type of the latter kind, 



let us take the Cheshire 



Crystal Palace prize hive, 



Fig. 16, of which we give 



a detailed descriptibn for 



the benefit of those bee 



keepers who may desire 



to become their own hive 



makers. The frames here 



are of Woodbury size, 



but the arrangements 



given may be easily 



adapted to any other dimensions. Fig. 16 represents the hive as it 



would stand in the apiary. It cessidts of two main portions : the 



Tig. 16. Cheshire Bar Frame Hive. 



