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course, can only be used with loose bottom-boards. The fact 

 that most bee-keepers nail the bottom-board firmly and cut the 

 opening- from the hive, argues that this on the whole is the 

 better style. For shipping and moving bees, which, with 

 "out-apiaries " and change of location to secure better pastur- 

 age, promises to be more and more the practice, the nailed 



Fig. 91. 



Queen-Bxcludmg Honey-Board. — From D. A. J'ones. 



bottom-boards are very desirable ; for quick cleaning of the 

 hives when spring opens, the movable bottoms are preferable. 



There should never be but this one opening. Auger-holes 

 above, and openings opposite the entrance, are worse than 

 useless. 



Except in very damp locations the hive should not rest 

 more than five or six inches from the ground. Tired and 

 heavily laden bees, especially on windy days, may fail to gain 

 the hive, if it is high up, as they return from the field. 



For extracted honey, we use a second story precisely like 

 the body of the hive, except it is a half-inch less in depth ; 

 that is, the sides are 9)4. instead of 10 inches wide. Mr. Dadant 

 prefers half-story hives for the extracting frames, but he uses 

 the large Quinby frame (Fig. 95). If we wish we can follow Da- 

 dant, and use two or more of these upper stories, and tier up, in 



