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also made various arrangements and improvements 

 to secure advantages beyond those of the original 

 Woodbury hive. We cannot detail all these modi- 

 fications ; but among them may be mentioned that 

 the ends of his frames are so notched as to 



Fig. 52. — Abbott's Standard Frame. 



render them easily held by the fingers when it is 

 required to lift them, and to replace them. Mr. 

 Abbott also makes hives of various degrees of cheap- 

 ness, according to the conveniences required and the 

 neatness of workmanship demanded. We may safely 



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Fig. 53.— Abbott's Standard Frame (top view). 



attribute to him a vast influence on scientific bee- 

 keeping, and a visit to his works and apiary at 

 Southall, not far from London, on the Great Western 

 Railway, will well repay any one interested in 

 apiculture. 



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