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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



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

 ■\-ersin,2.- method caused quite a craze about ISSS, but it was a 

 "fad" T.\'hich soon wore itself out. 



Fig. 191. 



HEDDON'S REVERSIBLE HIVE. 



(From Cheshire.) 

 St, stand ; hi, body ; lib, honey board ; sr, section raclss ; o, cover ; 

 Ml, hand holds ; U, entrance blocks ; c, entrance ; I, cleat to give bee 

 space ; s, screws to hold frames. 



'}'2S. Reversing during- the harvest does not cause the 

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



