134 A Modem Bet-Farm 



The Frame of the Future 



must have no projections of any kind beyond its f-inch 

 width, for the time is surely coming when such impedi- 

 ments to rapid manipulation will be permanently 

 discarded. 



SinniNS' CONQUEROR "HANQINQ-CHAMBER" 



HIVE. 



In hive construction I presented in my 1893 edition the 

 very novel feature of whole bodies HANGING as do the 

 brood frames, and notwithstanding the clear bee-space 

 allowed all round between each upper and lower rim of 

 the respective boxes, the sections are carefully secured 

 against cold by the judicious arrangement of the quilting ; 

 while upward ventilation, around the sides may be allowed 

 or entirely prevented at will, simply by the careful adjust- 

 ment of the same. 



This hive, which I had under serious consideration 

 when my Non-Swarming System was inagurated,* is in 

 many important particulars quite different to any yet 

 introduced. This plan has been before bee-keepers for 

 many years, and has met with approval from all who 

 have followed the plan intelligently ; but so many of 

 the hives in use are unsuitable for carrying out the method, 

 that the novice has often found it difficult to adopt with 

 the hives he has on hand. I therefore introduced during 

 the season 1888-89 the above improved Non-Swarming 

 Hive, which gives (\) plenty of room in the right direc- 

 tion, (2) perfect ventilation at all seasons of the year 

 without draught, (3) the most complete shade during the 

 hottest days of summer, (^4) the greatest ease in manipula- 



♦Special Prize Hive, South Kensington, 1878 ; Simmins' Non-Swarming 

 Pamphlet, 1886. 



