THE DIVISIONAL SYSTEM. 14] 
separate colony of nine frames, and as only four 
frames will be required for a queen-raising nucleus, the 
simple insertion of a close-fitting piece of board in the 
centre of the box will at once convert it into a pair of 
nucleus hives, the floor-board being made reversible to 
form double entrances for that purpose.” The price 
of this hive is 46s. or 49s. according to the forma- 
tion of the roof. An adapting-board can be had by 
those who desire it for 1s. 6d. extra. 
THE DIVISIONAL SYSTEM. 
We have already observed the growing tendency to 
the adoption of this system in the case of supers, 
and we have here 
to witness its ap- 
plication to 
stock-hives. Mr. 
S. Simmins, of a iii a if 
Crawley, Sussex, = i i 
has introduced a : li 
“Divisional Hive” 
which obtained a 
certificate of 
merit at South 
Kensington in 
1878. In its 
present improved 
and simplified 
form it is thus described by its inventor :— 
“The ‘Divisional Hive’ is composed of ten sections 
(sixteen inches by ten inches outside measure), their 
