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frame, but the Simplicity-Ivang'stroth. This style, one-story, 

 is designed for securing' comb honey, while the two-story (Fig. 

 84) is intended for use in obtaining extracted honey. Figure 

 87 represents a two-story Simplicity-Langstroth hive with 

 Gallup frame ; which is 11 ^ inches square. This hive is pre- 

 ferred by G. M. Doolittle. I have used it more than any other, 

 and it has much to recommend it. The Simplicity feature 

 invented by A. I. Root, I think, consists of a bevel union of 

 hive with cover and bottom-board (Fig. 87). I think Mr. Root 

 prefers this style no longer. Any Langstroth hive, with what- 



Jones' Ohaff-Hive, Frame, Frame for Sections, Division-Board artd Perfor- 

 ated-Zinc Division-Board. — From. D. A. Jonea. 



ever frame, with these bevel connections is a Simplicity hive. 

 This hive can be used to secure either comb or extracted 

 honey. The bottom-board, d, and the alighting-board, c, may 

 be separate from each other and from the hive ; the opening 

 may be made by cutting a V-shaped space in the bottom-board, 

 while the cover, a, may or may not be hinged to the upper 

 story. Mr. Root, in the original Simplicity, used the cover as 

 a bottom-board, and formed an entrance by pushing the hive a 

 little to one side. Many prefer to have the cover with a gable 

 (Fig. 88), so made as to join the hive with a rabbet (Fig. 86 and 

 88), or to shut over the hive and rest on shoulders formed by 



