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Beekeeping 



keepers, and bee-houses may still be seen in parts of the 

 country. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 10) is drawn 

 from a photograph by Geo. S. Demuth of ,the bee-house in 

 Eggleston's "Hoosier School Boy," still standing near Madi- 

 son, Indiana. For a time the author was obliged to use 

 such a house, far less elaborate however than those often 

 built by the bee-enthusiasts of Europe. The house-apiary 

 is cozy and for certain manipulations, such as queen-rearing, 



is convenient, but 

 the extensive Amer- 

 ican beekeeper 

 would find it impos- 

 sible to produce his 

 large crops in such 

 quarters. The 

 house-apiary, as 

 usually constructed, 

 hke the hive open- 

 ing at the back, 

 limits the expansion 

 of the hive and is 

 therefore disadvan- 

 tageous. 



The other type of 

 hive, opening at the 

 top, has been ex- 

 tensively adopted in 

 Europe, as exemplified by the W.B.C. hive (Fig. 11) of 

 England, the C.D.B. hive (Figs. 12 and 13) of Ireland 

 and the modified Dadant hive so much used on the con- 

 tinent of Europe. It will be seen from the illustrations 

 that these hives are less simple than those used in Amer- 

 ica. The chief objection, as viewed from American 

 conditions, is a lack of room for expansion, although the 

 complexity of these hives would seriously interfere with the 

 work of an extensive American beekeeper when in the middle 

 of a heavy honey-flow. The type of hive which we may 



Fig. 11. — W.B.C. hive of England. 



