112 HIVES AND BOXES. 
of the hive. The preference of most of our leading bee- 
keepers seems to be to have them run from front to rear, 
yet there are good arguments in favor of the other direc- 
tion. The bees must, of necessity, pass more readily into 
side boxes with frames from side to side, and the boxes 
will also receive more uniform warmth from the brood- 
chamber. Several very practical hives are constructed in 
Fig. 33.—QUINBY HIVE, WITH ROOF. 
this manner, yet if the frames are short, it will take about 
one-third more in number to fill the same space, thus in- 
creasing the labor when much handling. is to be done. 
Yet, all points well considered, I prefer them the other 
way. 
STANDS FOR HIVES. 
The question of stands has been productive of almost 
as much discussion as that of hives. Every form has been 
advocated, from those elevated several feet, to those rest- 
ing directly on the ground ; some even going so far as to 
set their hives close to the earth, without cleats under the 
bottom-board, and in warm, dry weather, even removing. 
