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cut away I inch in width and lo inches in length. Not- 

 withstanding the removal of these parts, the board 

 completely covers the hive top, but if the outside slat 

 (A, I, C, K) be made to change places with the one 

 next it, E, F will occupy the position E', F, and will form 

 a long hole or slat, which will give the Bees ingress to 

 the super, the frame of which occupies the position of 

 the dotted lines, a, b, c, d. The same being done on the 

 other side, the Bees are freely admitted to the super, 

 while the Queen, the Nurses, and the pollen gatherers 

 of the brood nest beneath are prevented by an unbroken 

 ceiling from passing up into and spoiling the honeycomb 

 in the super." 



This hive is made by Lee, of Bagshot, and sold at 

 23^. to 35j., according to completeness and workmanship. 

 Woodbury Hive. — This hive with which the late 

 Mr. Woodbury, of Exeter, 

 introduced the bar - frame 

 system was, I believe, first 

 described by him in the 'Jour- 

 nal of Horticulture ' (to which 

 he was a leading contributor), 

 in 1 86 1. Although some im- 

 provements have been made, 

 which I will presently endea- 

 ^'^' ^'*' vour to describe, the term 



"Woodbury Hive" is still a household word amongst 

 Bee-keepers, and there are few of any note who have 

 not partly or wholly adopted it at one time or another. 



The following is Mr. Woodbury's own description of 

 a ten-frame hive, as it appeared in the 'Journal of Horti- 

 culture' : — 



"Frame hives are made of inch wood, 14J inches 

 square, and 9 inches deep inside, dovetailed and put 



