i8o FITTINGS AND APPARATUS. [Ch. iv. 



referred to on page 141, as "The Cottager's Improved 

 FraiBe Hive." The advantage in having the stock hive 

 independent of the cover and stand, and on its own floor- 

 board, is that the hive is more easily stocked and more 

 manageable in other respects than those that have hive, 

 stand, and cover all in one, as is the case with the Phila- 

 delphia, Cheshire's, and Abbott's hives. 



The drawing shows the outward construction so well 

 that little further explanation is needful. 



§ IV. QUILTS. 



Some American apiarians recommend the use of a 

 quilt in place of a crown board, as admitting of ventila- 

 tion to the hive and thus allowing the moisture to pass 

 off. Quilts are made of some soft woollen material or a 

 piece of carpet. Care must be exercised that the mag- 

 gots of other insects do not find a home underneath, or 

 a hotbed will by that means be provided for bees' worst 

 enemies. 



§ V. BELL GLASSES. 



In describing the stock hives of wood, straw, and 

 glass, allusion has frequently been made to the depriving 

 hives technically called " supers." The simplest form of 

 these consists of the straw caps, represented at pages 108 

 — no, and next to these will come those to which the 



