DADANT SYSTEM OF BEEKEEPING 



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We have tried both methods. Neither of them suits us. The 

 explanation will be found farther along. 



Fig. 11. Shallow brood chambers of the same depth as supers are recom- 

 mended by some 



Shallow brood-chambers, six inches or less in depth, in two, 

 three or more stories are recommended by some. The Heddon 

 hive which was so praised by its inventor about 1886 and created 

 quite a sensation, on account of the undoubted ability of its 

 deviser; the Danzenbaker hive, adopted and recommended 

 also by capable beekeepers and dealers; both of these styles, 

 as well as some others of similar kind and on the same plan as 

 the eke or the nadir of old time beekeeping, have been used and 

 sustained, because the brood-chamber could be "storified" 

 as the British say, to suit the requirements of the best or poorest 

 queens. One of the best commercial beekeepers of Texas, Mr. 

 Louis Scholl, uses such a brood-chamber and succeeds. His 



