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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



invention of a number of reversible hives or frames. The re- 

 versin,2 method caused quite a craze about 1888, but it was a 

 "fad" xvhich soon wore itself out. 



Fig. 191. 



HBDDON'S EEVBKSIBLE HIVE. 



(From Cheshire.) 

 st, stand ; bb, body ; ?i!), lioney board ; sr, section racks ; c^ cover ; 

 Ml, liand liolds ; lb, entrance bloclcs ; e, entrance ; I, cleat to give bee 

 space : s, screws to liold frames. 



728. Eeversing during the harvest does not cause the 

 bees to gather any more honey ; nay, they harvest even a little 



