Division Board. 



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board rests upon another. At first I was much preju- 

 diced against this simple arrangement. After giving i* 

 a thorough trial I wish nothing else. 



To shade the hive nothing is so good as a shade board 

 made considerably wider than the hive and nailed to two 

 cleats five inches wide. Thus when resting on the hive 

 this sh&de-board will be live inches above the top of the 

 hive. This has never blown off of my hives. Should it 

 do so a' brick could be easily fastened to the under side 

 out of sight, and thus make it entirely safe against 

 winds. 



Thus I have described the Heddon-Langstroth hive 

 minutely, as with W. Z. Hutchinson, W. L. Taylor, and 

 many others of our most able and intelligent apiarists, 

 I find it upon trial as excellent as it is simple. Surely 

 when we can harness excellence and simplicity together 

 we have a most desirable team. The simple union of 

 parts by mere plain contact of the edges, or the cover 

 simply lying on the hive, while it is just as acceptable 

 to the bees, makes the hive far more simple of construc- 

 tion and easy of manipulation. The honey-board and 

 bee-spaces keep all so neat, that as one bee-keeper well 

 says, their extra expense is very soon saved in the sav- 

 ing of time which their use insures. Any who may 

 think of trying this hive better do as I did, try two or 

 three at first, and see if in their judgment the " game is 

 worth the candle." 



DIVISION BOARD. 



A close-fitting division-board (Fig. 45) is very impor- 

 Fig, 45. 



tant, and no Langstroth hive is complete without it. 



