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drone-cells at the end of the hive, where the bees will only 

 use them as honey-storers, and give up rearing any more 

 drones. You cannot do this with a plain straw sleep, the 

 bees in these hives will have their own way in spite of you. 

 Or your hive may be working badly, very few bees 

 entering in or flying abroad ; something is evidently going 

 wrong, and the sooner you find it out the better ; you may 

 in our small bar-frame hives easily detect what is wrong. 

 Smoke the stock, then pulling out the frames one by one 

 you may find it is queenless ; if so, a remedy is at hand ; 

 at once give them a bar from another hive containing eggs 

 just laid ; the bees will forthwith with joy commence to 

 rear another queen and during the interregnum will work 

 heartily as ever. If you are ever to make a good income 

 from your apiary you must of necessity select bar-frame 

 hives; with any other it is all up-hill work and constant loss. 



We have stated the ruinous result of destroying the 

 bees and combs every year just to obtain a iew pounds 

 tveight of honey. To prevent this incalculable waste 

 yearly, both in bees and treasure (combs), it will be need- 

 ful to obtain a hive with frames easily removable, so as to 

 take out the honey by means of the extractor. 



The best hive, all points considered, is the bar-frame 

 hive, often amongst British bee-keepers called the " Wood- 

 bury hive." There are many modifications of this-hive, 

 either in size, shape, the manner in which the frames are 

 fixed, &Ci such as Carr's improved Woodbury (this is too 

 small, and from this cause alone worthless, if we have an 

 eye to profitable Bee-farming), Siebert-on-the-Wold, Major 

 Munn's bar-frame hive, Pettitt's bar-frame, Pettitt's temple- 

 hive. Neighbour's new frame hive, Lee's octagon hive, 

 Lee's Woodbury bar-frame hives, with straw sides, and 

 others almost too numerous to mention. 



By procuring a good well-made bar-frame hive, and 

 carefully studying its construction, you may, if you can . 



