HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



every direction, as this would render manipula- 

 tion of the hive an impossibility. The late 

 Lorenzo Langstroth was the inventor of the 

 movable frame hive with bee space, and his 

 invention has revolutionized the industry. 

 These frames fit the hive bodies and have a 

 bee space all around them so as to leave no 

 space for the bees to build bur and brace 

 combs, which would make it impossible to lift 

 them out to examine the brood, find the queen, 

 and do such other work as from time to 

 time is essential. 



By the use of frames it is possible to lift 

 out a single frame of comb at a time without 

 tearing each comb from the sides of the hive, 

 as each comb is nicely built in the frame and 

 bound on all sides by wood. To insure 

 straight combs and a large proportion of worker 

 cells, all progressive beekeepers place in each 

 frame before the time of hiving the swarm a 

 large sheet of wax foundation, which nearly fits 

 the frames, and on which have been stamped 

 the rudiments of cells. These sheets of foun- 



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