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Body of a Hive. 



a form that even the details remain unchanged by many of 

 our first bee-keepers, should ever bear his name. Thus, 

 though I prefer and use the size of frame first used, I believe, 

 by Mr. Gallup, still I use the Langstroth hive. 



CHAEACTEE 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 (Fig. 41, c), without top or 

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



To prevent warping, the heart surface of the board should 

 be on the outside. In case a single board forms the top of the 

 hive, this suggestion is even more valuable. 



Fig. '36. 



At present our leading apiarists prefer a large hive. The 

 hive preferred by Mr. Heddon — an eight-frame Langstroth, 

 (Fig. 36) — contains about 2,000 cubic inches. While the 



Fig, 37. 



