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rims of the non-contact chambers. And lastly, but not 
by any means the least desirable feature, is the fact, so 
strongly pointed out by users of this hive of advanced 
construction, that everything is cleaner and so much more 
easily manipulated than is the case with common hives. 
With the space below the stock hive proper, never being 
completely filled or finished off, the bees are not induced 
to start inconvenient comb attachments at any part of 
the hive. Thus, in 
Starting Sections below the Stock,* 
these are not left permanently, but must be moved up— 
crate, bees, and all—just as they are clustering to make a 
good start on the foundation. 
When manipulating the chambers any super or stock 
hive may be placed corner-wise on the back door as it lies 
on the top of the case, forming a convenient table, with the 
cleats uppermost, and on which the supers may rest without 
crushing a bee. The cover may be inverted on the ground 
for a similar purpose. 
The Vital Question of Wintering. 
My hanging-chamber hive fulfils all the necessary 
conditions for ensuring successful wintering in the highest 
degree. That the hive stands pre-eminent in this respect 
is shown by the fact that the stock chamber proper not 
only hangs quite clear of the floor, but may be several 
inches above it. It is then self-evident that the usual 
refuse and moisture collecting about the junction of the 
common hive and floor have no place in this hive. 
“* The Author has at no time advised that sections should be 
completed below the stock; and critics who have imagined such to 
have been my teaching have wholly missed the great principle of 
honey production, and the starting of new combs, for completion 
above the stock. 
