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other bar-frame hives, the combs to the full depth of 

 hive must be removed. 



There are many other special features in the Carr- 

 Stewarton hive which strongly recommend it for general 

 use. For example, in Queen-raising, as each stock-box 

 when placed on a floor-board will form a separate 

 colony of nine frames, and as only four frames will be 

 required for a Queen-raising nucleus, the simple inser- 

 tion of a close-fitting piece of board in the centre of the 

 box will at once convert it into a pair of nucleus hives, 

 the floor-board being made reversible to form double 

 entrances for that purpose. 



At the Alexandra Palace Show, Mr. J. M. Hooker, of 

 Sevenoaks, gained a prize for a hive, " The Alexandra," 

 combining the storifying and collateral principle with the 



Fig. 41. 



ordinary Woodbury. Fig. 41 shows the general principle 



