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having stood the test of practical experience, while other 

 ideas and plans based upon no positive system have come 

 and gone, deserves the most serious consideration from all 

 practical bee-keepers, seeing that it is founded upon sound 

 economic, scientific, and natural principles combined. 



The Complete Success 



accorded to this hive and system must be the final proof 

 of a correct construction and management, and the 

 results of 100 lbs. to 2CX) lbs. of comb honey per hive, 

 even in poor seasons, leave little to be desired by the 

 ardent and persevering apiculturist. 



The Conqueror Supers 



are all fitted with double walls on two sides, while slotted 

 dividers are placed at each end of the rows of sections, with 

 a clear bee-space between them and the walls of the 

 super, thus giving exceptionally free admission to the 

 sections, and at the same time disposing of the old 

 trouble of thin combs in the sections at the ends. Hence 

 the process of comb-building is very rapid, and con- 

 sequently the brood combs are not crowded to the 

 exclusion of the queen, and the population of the colony 

 is therefore maintained at the highest power. 



For the sake of uniformity, the Association Standard 

 Stock Chamber is also made with double sides ; but the 

 Commercial Chamber has single sides. All chambers are 

 then of the same width, so that the same outer case is 

 used for all, the same supers being worked with either a 

 Standard or Commercial Stock Chamber. 



The Removable Back of the Case 



is adjusted in the most simple manner possible, the result 

 of many years' practical study. It simply drops into its 



