HIVKS. 



COMMON HIVE REOOMMBNDKD. 



I would not exchange the hive I have used for the 

 last ten years for any patent I ever saw, if furnished 

 gratis. I will guarantee that it affords means to obtain 

 surplus honey, as much in quantity and in any way 

 which fancy may dictate, whether in wood or glass, 

 and what is more than all, it shall cost nothing for 

 the privilesce of using. 



BIZE IMPORTANT. 



After deciding what kind of hive we want, the 

 next important point is the size. Dr. Bevan, an 

 English author, recommends a size "eleven and three- 

 eighths inches square, by nine deep in the clear," 

 making only about 1200 inches, and so few pounds 

 necessary to winter the bees, that when I read it, I found 

 myself wondering if the English inch and pound were 

 the same as ours. 



SMALL HIVES MORE LIABLE TO ACCIDENTS 



At all events, I think it too small for our Yankee 

 bees in any place. We must remember, that the queen 

 needs room for all her eggs, and the bees need space 

 to store their winter provisions ; for reasons before 

 given, this should be in one apartment. When this 

 is too small, the consequences will be, their winter 

 supply of food is liable to run out. The swarms from 

 such will be smaller a'nd the stock much more liable to 

 accidents, which soon finish them off. 



