HITES AKD BOXES. 97 



the purchaser possibly concludes, wisely, to test it before 

 going further. 



A swarm is hived in it, and the grand results awaited. 

 By the side of it, stands a box hive, containing a similiar 

 swarm, and if the boxes are well arranged, and the 

 hive smaller than the other, which is usually the case, 

 the chances are that more surplus honey will be stored 

 in them, than in those on the movable-comb hive. 



Very often, too, the combs are not built straight in the 

 frames, thus depriving him of the advantages to be gain- 

 ed by handling them. The very natural conclusion of 

 the experimenter, would be, that he was humbugged, and 

 the movable-comb hive was inferior to the box. 



Notwithstanding the fact that most writers think it un- 

 necessary to make mention of box hives, the fact that a large 

 number of our bee-keepers still pursue the old method 

 and use them, seems to me a sufficient reason for recogniz- 

 ing them, at least so far as to call their attention to the 

 deficiencies in their system, and to point out to them the 

 benefits to be derived from a change made with due study 

 and attention. 



Ever since I have been engaged in bee-culture, I have 

 been under obligations to these box-hive men. We have 

 bought bees largely of them, each spring, to transfer to 

 our hives with movable frames, and thus fill up our 

 stocks to Italianize, and prepare for the following season's 

 operations. 



I might occupy much space in describing many hives 

 of much merit, but with an extended knowledge of a very 

 large number, I shall class them under but two heads, 

 Hanging-Frame and Standing-Frame Hives. 



THE HANGIKG-FEAMB OR LANGSTROTH HIVE. 



In the previous revision of this work, in 1865, Mr. 

 Quinby fully recognized the merits of Mr, Langstroth's 

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