HIVES. 



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deqides to keep bees on this, the most improved of 

 all systems of bee-culture, will be puzzled as to which 

 pattern hive to select, out of a multiplicity of styles 

 shown by various manufacturers. He wiU do well to 

 insist on having his hives made of well-seasoned wood, 

 and accurately put together ; at the same time aiming 

 at simplicity of construction. The cheapest hives are 

 by no means the best ; very often such wares prove to 

 be "cheap and nasty." The movable-comb hive is 



Fig. 14, 



attributed to the inventive genius of the Eev. L. L. 

 Langstroth, the pioneer of bee-culture in America. 



In England, the first frame hive that came into 

 general use was the " Woodbury," named after the 

 designer, Mr. T. W. Woodbury, who was not slow to 

 recognise the importance of the movable-comb system. 

 This hive was 14f inches square and 9 inches deep, 

 and the frames were 13 inches long and 7J deep. 



Frames. Up to 1882, when the British Bee-keepers' 

 Association, through their Committee, gave the dimen- 

 sions of what has since been known as the British 



