6 PEARCE METHOD OF BEE-KEEPING 



and form to enable the bees to store an ample supply to 

 carry them through any Winter and Spring without danger 

 of starvation. Now, after twenty years' use, I do not see 

 any need for changing to anything different. This, then, 

 is the hive I used and recommend, as it is heavy enough to 

 lift these bodies separately when they are filled, and seems 

 right in every way. 



You will please notice, then, that all that goes to bring 

 the results that we get from this method, is doubling the 

 size of the hive and placing these hives in buildings above 

 ground where they can be amply protected. This makes all 

 the other things possible which we will tell you about later. 



Now, in conclusion, this introductory will get us better 

 acquainted and has told you how big a hive I use to get 

 best results. 



I, therefore, think that in my first article I cannot do 

 better than to tell you all I can about buildings above ground 

 for bees and how to arrange the bees in them for best results, 

 both for the man who only wishes to keep a few colonies and 

 also a building for large apiaries. For our bees should be 

 housed as much as our horses, hens or cattle, and they will 

 pay larger dividends for less labor. 



This is the hive used by nearly all Beekeepers, and is not tall enough to 

 admit of honey sufficient to be stored above the bees for a winters supply; 

 neither is it large enough to hold all the eggs a queen will deposit. 



