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tion, as the lower body may be examined, also the upper» 

 or brood nest proper, quite INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH 

 OTHER, also without removing the supers. The latter 

 points in particular, will be welcomed by many bee- 

 keepers, who, while anxious to examine the brood nest or 

 non-swarming chamber under it, frequently neglect to d» 

 so rather than be obliged to shift the whole lot. For a 

 period extending over a term of twenty years I have had 

 hives in use having a deep outer case, and from these my 

 best results have invariably been secured. 



Within this Hanging-Chamber Hive we have first the 

 lower chamber (whether shallow frames or sections, or a 

 second stock hive arranged for prevention of swarming) 

 which touches neither the floor nor stock chamber proper 

 above it, thus entirely doing away with propolisation at 

 these points, and enabling such non-swarming arrangement 

 to be examined with ease at any time. The brood chamber 

 comes next, and on this the supers may rest if desired. 

 The hive is also used with neither of the supers or chambers 

 touching its neighbour, [either for extracting, or comb- 

 honey production. 



Room is allowed for three to four sets of sections where 

 one is first worked under the stock in place of another 

 body of frames. The hive proper is capable of holding 

 either eleven or twelve frames, while the lower chamber 

 will take as many more. For extracting, another takes 

 the place of the sections, so that in all, nearly three dozen 

 standard frames may be used for that purpose ; or eleven 

 stock frames and 30 for extracting, when these are shallow. 



The side walls of the body boxes are of the same depth 

 as the frames, yet the space between the respective 

 chambers is so carefully regulated that the distance 

 between the several tiers of frames never varies. There 

 are no two level surfaces drop upon each other anywhere 



