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known of this subject and its application in the manipulations of the 
apiary. 
EQUIPMENT OF THE APIARY. 
Hives. 
The kind, of hive, providing it is of simple construction with mova- 
ble frames, is not so important as is the method of handling it. Most 
of the honey produced in the country today, is taken from hives, 
that embody the main features of the Langstroth hive invented in 1851. 
This consists of a plain wooden box, holding eight or more frames 
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Fig. 5.—Ten frame hive with comb honey super, excluder and perforated zinc queen. 
hung from a rabbet cut in the inside of the wall of the hive near the 
top. The Langstroth frame is 914 x 1754 inches. The modern hive 
is an improvement in that the wooden box has been much strengthened 
by the dovetail or interlocking corners (fig. 5.) Further improvement 
