128 A Modem Bee- Farm 



CHAPTER IX. 



MODERN HIVES. 



HOW CONSTRUCTED AND FURNISHED. 



THE chief feature of the modern hive is that each 

 comb is built in a separate frame, enabling such to 

 be removed at will without force, and without in 

 any way soiling or injuring the comb. Each frame stands 

 about f-inch from its neighbour, and i|-inch from the 

 centre of one to that of the next, though this space may be 

 varied to suit different requirements as hereafter shown. 

 The frame rests only upon or in the hive proper by a lug 

 or ear at each end, and a space of not more than |-inch 

 must be allowed between the two end bars of the frame and 

 the walls of the hive ; while not less than i-inch should be 

 provided between the bottom rail and the floor; or |-inch 

 at the sides. 



I present to the reader a simple hive with eleven frames, 

 occupying a space across the case, inside, of i6|-inches ; 

 and another hive with frames, equally as simple, but more 

 complete, having an outer case as shown in the illustra- 

 tions of Simmins' " Conqueror," which was introduced to 

 bee-keepers in 1888, as the perfection of his "Non- 

 Swarming System " offered some years previously. Also a 



