HIVES AND HIVE PARTS 65 



The author always reconuiiends the ten- 

 frame Langstroth or dove-tailed hive for both 

 comb and extracted honey. This hive is pre- 

 ferred for the reason that it is in more general 

 use, and has found favor with more people than 

 any other hive. If the beekeeper proposes to 

 produce only extracted honey, the Dadant hive 

 with its deeper frame has some advantages 

 which it will pay to consider well before making 

 a final decision. The beginner who expects to 

 keep only a few colonies for pleasure will find 

 the ten-frame dove-tailed hive best for his pur- 

 pose, for surplus stock can be sold in these hives 

 more readily, and the same hivebody can be 

 adapted .to the production of either comb or 

 extracted honey by simply a change of supers. 



Parts of Hives. — ^Whether one intends to 

 produce comb or extracted honey the brood 

 chamber of the hive will be the same, as wiU the 

 top and bottom. The super, which is the store 

 room for the surplus honey, is very different, 

 however. 



