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be nailed over the entrance of the hive, whilst the 

 lower parts of the frames must be kept from jolting one 

 against the other by means of a wooden distance rack 

 (fig. 45), which is nailed to the floor of the hive or travelling 



Fig. 45. — Wooden Distance Racks for keeping Bar-Frames in Place. 



crate, and into the slots of which the bottom bars of the 

 frames fit. Where metal ends (fig. 7) are used, these will 

 keep the tops of the frames in place, otherwise another similar 

 distance rack must be furnished at each end of the tops of 

 the frames also, to keep them in their place. 



The Pinal and most Important Hint of all— The Golden 

 Rule of Bee-Keeping— " Keep all Colonies Strong." 



The bar-frame or movable comb hive, without which 

 bee keeping, as we understand it to-day, could never have 

 existed, was invented by the Rev. L. L. Langstroth in 

 October 1853. His book, "The Hive and Honey Bee,"* is 

 still, and is always likely to remain, the classic work on 

 apiculture. The parting words of advice, with which he 

 closes his classic, are as true and important to-day as when 

 he wrote them seven and fifty years ago. "The essence of 

 all profitable bee-keeping," he says, " is contained in the 

 Golden Rule, ' Keep your Stocks Strong.' If you cannot 

 succeed in doing this, the more money you invest in bees, 

 the heavier will be your losses ; while, if your stocks are 

 strong, you will show you are a bee-master, as well as a 

 bee-keeper, and may safely calculate on generous returns 

 from your industrious subjects." 



*"The Hive and Honey Bee," by L. L. Langstroth, revised by Dadant, is 

 published by Dadant & Sons, Hamilton, Illinois, U.S.A., price S1.50. A reprint of 

 the first edition, exactly as it was originally written, and which is of much greater 

 interest to many lovers of bee-keeping, is also obtainable from the A. I. Root Co., of 

 Medina, Ohio, U.S.A., price $1.00. 



