BEE-KEEPING IN HOT CLIMATES. Ill 



the late Mr. Pratt is shown in fig. 50. The little frames 

 used in this hive are of such a size that three of them 

 exactly fit into an ordinary Langstroth frame. Feeders are 

 hollowed in the solid walls of the hive in the same manner 

 as they are hollowed into the dummy board feeders shown in 

 fig. 36c. 



American Hives and Bar-Frames. 



In nearly all our colonies great numbers of American 

 beehives, bar-frames, and other bee-goods are to be met with, 

 this being largely due to the enterprising way in which 

 American manufacturers have always laid themselves out 

 for the export trade by manufacturing hives, etc., which, 

 being dovetailed at the ends, can be sent out in the flat and 

 unpacked and nailed together by the purchaser in a few 

 minutes. Some of our English manufacturers, foremost 

 amongst whom might be mentioned Messrs E. H. Taylor, of 

 Welwyn, Herts., are now following the American example, 

 but the American goods, having been first in the field in 

 our colonies, are likely to remain there for some time to 

 come. 



Fig. 51 shows two typical American dovetailed hives, 

 manufactured respectively by the W. T. Falconer Manu- 

 facturing Co., of Falconer, New York State, U.S.A., and by 

 the G. B. Lewis Co., of Watertown, Wisconsin, U.S.A., while 

 fig. 52 shows two other typical American dovetailed hives, 

 manufactured respectively by the A. I. Root Co. and the 

 Leahy Manufacturing Co. 



Fig. 53 shows a Canadian hive, called the " Buckeye," 

 manufactured by the Canadian Supply and Honey Co. Ltd., 

 of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 



Very many different sizes of bar-frames are used in 

 America, one of the largest being the "Modified Quinby," 

 and one of the smallest, the " Gallup " ; but the standard frame 

 of America remains the "Langstroth," which is 17f inches 

 long by 9j?g- inches deep, with a top bar 19^ inches long. 

 When this frame is made with a thin top bar it will hold 

 eight 4|-inch by 4J-inch sections. It is now, however, very 

 often manufactured with a thick top bar, and sides which 

 are wide at their top part for spacing the frames equally, and 

 with a groove on the under side of the top bar to receive the 



