Beekeeping as an Occupation 



9 



To utilize the principle of the frame-hive without departing 

 too radically from the skep, the Gravenhorst hive (Fig. 6) 

 was adopted by many 

 Germans. Its defi- 

 ciencies are at once 

 obvious from the il- 

 lustration. 



With the adoption 

 of the fundamental 

 principle of the frame- 

 hive, the types of hive 

 developed along two 

 main lines. The 

 original frame-hive of the 

 the example of Dzierzon, 



Fig. 9. — Carnidlan hive. 



German beekeepers, following 

 opened at the rear, and this 

 type (Fig. 7) is still much used. Its construction prevents 

 adequate expansion of the brood-chamber and of the room 

 for surplus, which are of such vital importance with modem 

 American manipulations. Such hives are ill suited to 



American condi- 

 tions and are 

 apparently losing 

 ground abroad. 



In connection 

 with these hives 

 as well as with 

 some other local 

 types, the Ger- 

 man, Austrian 

 and Swiss bee- 

 keepers often 

 keep their bees 

 in elaborately 

 ornamented bee- 

 houses (Fig. 8), 

 each colony of course having its own hive (Fig. 9). This 

 has been tried to a limited extent by American bee- 



FiG. 10. — Bee-house mentioned in "The Hoosier 

 School Boy." 



