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III. HIVES, APPLIANCES, ACCESSOEIES, AND 

 THEIE USES, 



Much of the success achieved in modern beekeeping is due to 



the great improvement effected in the form 



18. Bar-Frame of hive used. The production of honey for 



Hives. sale or consumption can be carried on 



much more profitably by using bar-frame 



hives instead of sleeps or fixed comb hives; this is now so 



universally admitted that it is not necessary to specify the 



advantages of bar-frame hives. The type of bar-frame hive 



recommended for use and described in this manual is knovpn 



as the "CD. B." hive (Fig. 1). This hive, and others of a 



somewhat similar design as regards size and detail, possess the 



following good points :— 



(a.) They provide ample space to permit of the queen being 

 enabled to utilise her laying powers to the fullest 

 extent. 



(b.) The construction is such that the hive can be taken 

 asunder, thus facilitatifig the cleansing or examination 

 of any part. 



(c.) The capacity of the hive can be increased as occasion 

 may require for storing surplus honey above the brood 

 chamber, and it may be contracted so as to be 

 thoroughly suitable for wintering bees (130). 



As this type of bar-frame hive, with the frames hanging 

 parallel to the hive front, is in general use in Ireland, and as it 

 is the type recommended for use, it is to be understood that the 

 instructions given in this manual are intended for persons using 

 the " C. D. B." type of hive; those who use hives of other 

 types will doubtless perceive in what respects the instructions 

 given require modification in order that they may be applicable 

 to the particular type of hive in use. It should be clearly under- 

 stood that there are other hives very similar in general design 

 tothe "C D. B." hive, but differing therefrom as to details. 



The " C. D. B." hive, (Fig. 1) is made in four parts, the floor- 

 board, body-box, lift, and roof, which are 

 19. " C. D. B." described in the following paragraphs. It 

 Hive. should be constructed throughout of yellow 



pine. Hives made of deal are cheaper, but 

 unless well-seasoned wood is used, they frequently prove un- 

 satisfactory, as the wood is likely to warp and get but of shape. 



(1.) The floor-board, (Figs. 1, 4, and 32) is a movable wooden 

 stand, resting on four stout legs, about six 

 20. Floor-board of inches high. The sloping portion is the 

 0. D. B. Hive. "alighting" or "flight" "board," and 

 projects in front of the hive door. A 

 ventilating hole (V, Fig. 4), not less than two and preferably 

 four inches in diameter, is cut rather to the front of the centre 

 of the floor-board ; this hole is covered on the top with per- 

 forated zinc, and a wooden shutter (S, Fig. 4) is fitted under- 

 neath it. It serves both for ventilation and disinfection, 



