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the ends of the boards (Fig. 40, c, c) which form the sides of the 

 brood-chamber. A small stick (Fig. 40, a) spreads these 

 wires, and brings the frames close together. A box without 

 bottom and with movable cover, is placed about the frames. 

 This is large enough and high enough to permit of chaff 

 packing in winter and spring. The bottom-board may be 

 made like the one already described. Mr. Bingham does not 

 bevel the bottom-board, but places lath under three sides of 

 the brood- chamber, the lath being nailed to the bottom-board 

 — and then uses the blocks to contract the entrance (Fig. 

 40, fir.) 



The advantages of this hive are, simplicity, great space 

 above for surplus frames or boxes, capability of being placed 

 one hive above another to any height desired, while the frames 

 may be reversed, end for end, or bottom for top, or the whole 

 brood-chamber turned up-side down. Thus, by doubling, we 

 may have a depth of ten inches for winter. 



The objection which I have found in the similar Russell 

 hive, is danger of killing bees in rapid handling.. In the 

 Russell hive the side-bars are halved together, and held in 

 place by ingeniously contrived wire hooks. There are no 

 bottom-bars. I have used none of these except the Russell. 

 They can be manipulated with rapidity, _if we care not how 

 many bees we crush. It hurts me to kill a bee, and so I find the 

 Langstroth style more quickly manipulated. Mr. Snow, too, 

 who was the first to make the above style of hive, has discarded 

 it in favor of the Langstroth. His sbjection to the above, 

 is the fact that the various combs are not sure to be so built 

 as to be interchangeable. Yet that such apiarists as those • 

 above named prefer these Huber hives, after long use of the 

 other style, is certainly not without significance. 



APPARATUS FOE PROCURING COMB-HONEY. 



Although I feel sure that extracted-honey will grow more 

 and more into favor, yet it will never supersede the beautiful 

 comb, which, from its exquisite ^avor and attractive appear- 

 ance, has always been, and always will be, admired and desired. 



