138 The Quinby Hive. 



American apiarists, and O. J., whose neatness, precision, and 

 mechanical skill are enough to awaken envy, are surely 

 sufficient to excite curiosity and bespeak a description. 



The Quinby hive (Fig. 51), as used by the Hethenngton 

 brothers, consists of a series of rectangular frames (Fig. 51 .) 

 twelve by seventeen inches, outside measure. The end bars 

 of these frames are one and a half inches wide and half an 



Fig, 51. 



Frame. Bottom-board and Frame-Support, of Quinby Hive. 



inch thick. The top an d bottom one inch wide and half an 

 inr>h thi^k. T* 10 inter halves of the end bar projects £ of 

 an inch beyond the top and bottom bars. This projection is 

 lined on the inside with sheet iron, which is inserted in a groove 

 which runs one inch into each end of the end-pieces and is 

 tacked by the same nails that fasten the end-bars to the top 

 and bottom-bars. This iron at the end of the bar bends in at 

 right-angles (Fig. 51, a), and extends one-fourth of an inch 

 parallel with the top and bottom-bars. Thus, when these 

 frames stand side by side, the ends are close, while half-inch 

 openings extend between the top and bottom-bars of adjacent 

 frames. The bottom-bars, too, are one-fourth of an inch from 

 the bottom-board. Tacked to the bottom-board, in line with 

 the position of the back end-bars of the frames, is an inch strip 

 of sheet-iron (Fig. 51, b, b) sixteen inches in length. One- 

 third of this strip, from the front edge back, is bent over so it 

 lies not quite in contact with the second third, while the pos- 

 terior third receives the tacks which hold it to the bottom- 

 board. Now, when in use this iron flange receives the hooks 

 on the corners of the frames, so that the frames are held firmly, 

 and can only be moved back and side-wise. In looking at the 



