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the ends of the boards (Fig. 40, c, c) which form the sides of the 

 brood-chamber. A small stick (Fig. 40, a) spreads these 

 wires, and brings the frames close together. A box without 

 bottom and with movable cover, is placed about the frames. 

 This is large enough and high enough to permit of chaflF 

 packing in winter and spring. The bottom-board may be 

 made like the one already described. Mr. Bingham does not 

 bevel the bottom-board, but places lath under three sides of 

 the brood- chamber, the lath being nailed to the bottom-board 

 — and then uses the blocks to contract the entrance (Fig. 



40, .'/■) 



The advantages of this .hive are, simplicity, great space 



above for surplus frames or boxes, capability of being placed 



one hive above another to any height desired, while the frames 



may be reversed, end for end, or bottom for top, or the whole 



brood-chamber turned up-side down. Thus, by doubling, we 



may have a depth of ten inches for winter. 



The objection which I have found in the similar Russell 



hive, is danger of killing bees in rapid handling. In the 



Russell hive the side-bars are halved together, and held in 



place by ingeniously contrived wire hooks. There are no 



bottom-bars. I have used none of these except the Russell. 



They can be manipulated with rapidity, if we care not how 



many bees we crush. It hurts me to kill a bee, and so I find the 



Langstroth style more quickly manipulated. Mr. Snow, too, 



who was the first to make the above style of hive, has discarded 



it in favor of the Langstroth. His objection to the above, 



is the fact that the various combs are not sure to be so built 



as to be interchangeable. Yet that such apiarists as those 



above named prefer these Huber hives, after long use of the 



other style, is certainly not without significance. 



APPARATUS FOE PROCURING COMB-HONEY. 



Although I feel sure that extracted-honey will grow more 

 and more into favor, yet it will never supersede the beautiful 

 <3omb, which, from its exquisite flavbr and attractive appear- 

 ance, has always been, and always will be, admired and desired. 



