130 MODERN BEEHIVES. [Ch. hi. 



whether from Germany or America we are not quite sure. 

 The German hives, however, open at the end, while Mr. 

 Langstroth's are like our own ; so that, whoever was the 

 inventor of bar-frame hives, the hive of EngHsh apiarians 

 comes nearer to this gentleman's than to that of any one 

 else. Mr. Woodbury it was who afterwards brought out 

 the frame hive which met with the first general acceptance 

 in this country. 



Having made allusion to the construction of the German 

 hives it may be acceptable to some if we append a few 

 additional particulars. According to Von Berlepsch, the 

 depth should be about sixteen inches, the length twenty- 

 eight, and the breadth only nine, so that the receptacle 

 is high and narrow, and reaches a long way back. The 

 frames, which fit crossways, are consequently much like 

 our own turned up on end, or perhaps more frequently 

 two frames are used, one as a story above the other. 

 With the most approved hive (the " Lagerbeute ") in- 

 stead of supers the further end of the long box is parti- 

 tioned off and goes by the name of the ~" honey-room." 

 Then, as the only practical opening is at this end, not 

 only must this "room" be cleared away equally with our 

 supers before the brood frames can be got at, but none of 

 these can be reached without taking out all the others 

 that are in front of them. When supers are used the 

 frames can be extracted without interfering with these, 

 so that some advantage might then result from such 

 arrangement; but generally speaking this operation of 

 removal is a rare necessity -while the supers are on. 



