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quite as well, or perhaps better, if he had them 

 in a hollow tree. 



The frame hive in its modern form is, roughly, 

 speaking, divided into two classes, and nearly all 

 other types are merely modifications t First we 

 have the double-walled hive on the celebrated 

 '"W.B.C." principle. This hive consists of a 

 floor-board with sunk entrance and detachable 

 splayed legs, brood-box, eke and loose outer cases, 

 covered with a span roof. All the sections are 

 loose, and there is a free air space between the 

 outer and inner walls, which tends towards an even 

 temperature in the brood-nest. This hive may 

 be used for the production of either comb or ex- 

 tracted honey, and if the former a special section 

 rack, known as the "W.B.C." rack, is used. In 

 this rack the sections are worked in wide frames, 

 which keep them clean, and also admit of their 

 interchangeability in the event of a poor honey 

 flow. In such a poor flow the centre sections will 

 be completed while the outer rows are untouched, 

 and by bringing the outer rows to the centre full 

 racks may be obtained. It may be said that both 

 comb and extracted honey may be worked for at 

 the same time. 



Our second type of hive is the well-known 

 single-walled hive, and probably there are more of, 

 this kind in use than any other. Its name is 

 rather a misnomer, as, strictly speaking, it is 

 single-walled on two sides only; the other sides 

 have inner walls placed for carrying the frame- 



