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MANUAL OF THE APIAKY. 



book, "The Honey-Bee," he has conferred a benefit upon our 

 art which cannot be over-estimated, and for which we, as 

 apiarists, cannot be too grateful. It was his book — one of my 

 old teachers, for which I have no word of chiding — that led 



Fig. 29. 



me to some of the most delightful investigations of my 

 life. It was his invention — the Langstroth hive — that enabled 

 me to make those investigations. For one, I shall always 

 revere the name of Langstroth, as a great leader in scientific 

 apiculture, both in America and throughout the world. His 

 name must ever stand beside that of Dzierzon and the elder 

 Huber. Surely this hive, which left the hands of the great 

 master in so perfect a form, that even the details remain 

 unchanged by many of our firfet bee-keepers, should ever bear 

 his name. Thus, though I prefer and use the size of frame 

 first used, I believe, by Mr. Grallup, still I use the Langstroth 

 hive. (See Appendix, page 287). 



CHARACTER OF THE HIVE. 



The main feature of the hive should be simplicity, which 

 would exclude doors, drawers, and traps of all kinds. The 

 body should be made of good pine or white-wood lumber, one 

 inch thick, thoroughly seasoned, and planed on both sides. 

 It should be simply a plain box (Pig. 30), without top or 

 bottom, and of a size and form to suit the apiarist. The size 

 will depend upon our purpose. If we desire no comb-honey, 

 or desire comb-honey in frames, the hive may contain 4,000 

 cubic inches. If we desire honey in boxes, it should not 

 contain over 2,000, and may be even smaller. If the hive is 



