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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



invention of a number of reversible hives or frames. The re- 

 versing method caused quite a craze about 1888, but it was a 

 "fad" which soon wore itself out. 





Fig. 191. 



HEDDON'S EEVEKSIBLE HrVE. 



(Pro'm Cheshire.) 



stj stand ; bb^ body ; hb^ honey board ; sr, section racks ; Cj cover : 

 hh, hand holds : Ibj entrance blocks ; e, entrance ; I, cleat to give bee 

 space ; D, screws to hold frames. 



'728. Reversing during the harvest does not cause the 

 bees to gather any more honey; nay, they harvest even a little 



