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floor, must certainly become the hive of the future when 

 we consider it is both more profitable and more easily 

 manipulated than others. 



The Vital Question of Winterins:. 



My hanging-chamber hive fulfils all the necessary 

 conditions for ensuring successful wintering in the highest 

 degree. That the hive stands pre-eminent in this respect 

 is shown by the fact that the stock chamber proper not 

 only hangs quite clear of the floor, but may be several 

 inches above it. It is then self-evident that the usual 

 refuse and moisture collecting about the junction of the 

 common hive and floor have no place in this hive. Every 

 part is always dry and clean, and being thoroughly venti- 

 lated, because of such construction, with the 



Heavier Foul Air 



constantly carried away at the bottom, a colony of bees 

 can maintain in perfection that semi-hibernating condition 

 so essential to their well-being at this critical period of 

 the year. Moreover the combs do not become mouldy, 

 and therefore remain sound for a greater length of time. 

 Consequently one of the 



Most Important Features 

 in connection with this system is the fact that a vast 

 population is brought into existence almost before the 

 bee-keeper realizes the fact in early Spring. Unlike other 

 laborious attempts to secure control of bees, the manage- 

 ment of the Conqueror Hive is carried out, especially 

 when controlling swarming, with the least possible 

 disturbance to the normal condition of the constantly 



progressive colony. 



A System 



inaugurated by my prize hive at South Kensington, 1878 

 and perfected in my Conqueror hive introduced in 1888, 



