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and a honey board with a three-sixteenths ( T * T ) inch sink 

 on both sides. Thus one or two shallow hives can be 

 used, and to contract the brood chamber at any time we 

 have only to remove one of them. Figure 58 shows the 

 hive which with two brood chambers gives about the 

 capacity of an ten-framed Langstroth hive. As all 

 frames are securely held by the screws, any brood 

 chamber can be reversed, or any two can change places 

 at the pleasure of the bee-keeper. As the combs will 

 all be firmly attached on all sides to the frames, there is 

 no space for hiding and the queen can generally be 

 found, without removing the frames. 



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The bottom board (Fig. 54) has a raised rim. Thus 

 the frames are one-half inch from the bottom. Of 

 course the bottom board is loose. Mr. Heddon recom- 

 mends single story wide frames with separators for the 

 sections. These are also secured by the screws, and so 

 any frame or the whole case can be reversed at will. 



Of course by simply modifying the honey board or the 

 case the old Heddon case without separators could be 

 used, but could not be reversed. The points of excellence 

 claimed for this hive, and I believe from my experience 

 that they are valuable, are easy contraction of brood 

 chamber, quick inversion of the brood chamber or sec- 

 tion case, ease and quickness of manipulation, and the 

 interchangeableness of the brood chambers forming the 

 hive, the power we have to get all light-colored honey in 



