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When thus emptied, honey will be deposited in lieu ot 



the brood. 



Suitable pedestals for these hives to stand upon may 

 be obtained. It is important that these be firmly fixed, 

 and the hive also made fast to the stand, to prevent its 

 being- blown over by high winds. 



WOODBURY BAR AND FRAME HIVES. 



Mr .Woodbury's Bar and 

 Frame Hive, as originally 

 made, consists of a wooden 

 box, fourteen and a half 

 inches square inside, nine 

 inches deep. This is a hive 

 of large size, but the actual 

 habitable space inside is 

 lessened by the room occupied by the frames, of which 

 there are ten ; these rest on a rabbet a litrie below the 

 surface, leaving a space of three-eighths of an inch be- 

 tween the upper side of the bars and the crown-board. 

 This allows a free passage on the top for the bees, 

 entirely obviating- the necessity of making excavations in 

 the crown-board, as has hitherto been recommended. 

 Each frame is seven-eighths of an inch wide, and rests 

 in notches, with a space of half an inch between each. 

 The frames extend to within three-eighths of an inch of 



