104 HIVES AND BOXES. 
were yet points in which the hanging-frame hive was de- 
ficient, especially when he desired to control swarming. 
After prolonged study and experiment, he invented, about 
the year 1868, the “ New Quinby Hive,” with standing 
frame, and at the time of his death, in 1875, he had so 
far demonstrated its practicability, and superiority, that 
it was a source of much gratification. 
I designate this as the New Quinby hive, from the 
fact that two other hives have been known as the Quinby 
hive, viz. ; the box-hive recommended in the first edi- 
tion of this book, and the modified form of the Lang- 
stroth, just described. 
The question as to’the best size of a hive to meet all 
the requirements of the advanced bee-keeper, cannot, I 
maintain, be answered so well with any other hive. The 
fact is, that with this hive and frame, the size may vary 
from one frame for queen-rearing, to 16 for extracting, or 
include any intermediate number, according to the object 
in view, and in every case, the hive is equally complete 
and perfect. And I claim it to be indisputable, that for 
box and extracted honey, wintering, and indeed, in all 
the facilities it furnishes, the New Quinby hive cannot 
be surpassed by any hive now in use. 
The question may be very properly asked, if this hive 
is all that I claim, why has it not been more generally 
adopted ? Those who are familiar with its history since 
it was first given to the public can readily divine the 
cause. This, as well as many other meritorious inven- 
tions, has suffered materially in reputation by being sent 
out in a crude, imperfect form, before the details of con- 
struction were sufficiently perfected, to commend it to the 
favor of less patient manipulators. It would be a source 
of deep regret to me, if even a single person should sup- 
pose for a moment, that the new Quinby hive now used 
by J. E. Hetherington with such flattering success is not 
an improvement upon those first constructed over ten 
