x TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
MovanLe Coms-Hivrs. — 282, Used in Greece more than 100 years ago. 
283. The success of Dzierzon. 284 The Huberhive. 28%. Improved in 
America. 286. Suspended frame hives 287. The superiority of the 
Langstroth hive. 288. Modesty of the inventor. 289. The Berlepsch 
hive. 290. Both having their partisans 2918. Disadvantazes of the Ber- 
lepsch hive. 292 Will yield to the Langstroth. 293. Advantages of the 
movable ceiling. 294 A standard frame hinders progress. 295. Success 
of American bee-culture. <96. Progress in 30 years. 297. Gravenhorst 
hive. 298. Diversity ofsizes 299. The frames used in America. 300. 
Is one better than another? 301. Which is the best shape for frames? 
302. Objection to two stories in brood chamber. 303 Square frames 
objectionable. 30. Deeper frames more so yet. 305. Superiority of 
Langstroth and Quinby frames. 306 Beware of excess. 307. Experi- 
ments. 308. Number of frames. 309 Why limit the laying? 310. 
How many cells are necessary in a good hive? $11. Comparison of 
frames. 312. Figures cannot lie. 313. Large hives can be reduced. 
314, Excessive swarming. 313. Improving bees. 316. Distance be- 
tween frames. 317. Increaseddistance preferable. 318. Straight combs. 
319. How secured. 320. Standard Langstroth frame 3212. Stronzer 
top and bottom bars. 322. Regularity of outside measure. 323. Wide 
top bars detrimental. 324. Simplicity frame. 325. Tin corners. 326 
The Quinby frame. 327 Slanting bottom 328. Frames perpendicular 
to the entrance 329 The first Langstroth hive. 330. The glass dis- 
carded. 331. The honey board. 332. The bottom board. 333. Venti- 
tilation. 334. Hlow given. 335. Prevents clustering outsile $836. 
Ventilation controlled. 337. Bees propolizing small holes. 438. The 
portico. 329. Entrance blocks. 340. The hive we prefer. 341. Its 
successin Europe. 342. Encased bottom. 243. Apron. 344. Movalle 
bottom board. 45. Double thickvess of the back 346. Space around 
the frames. 347. Spacing wire. 348. Height of entrances. 349. 
Division board. 350. Space under it, and how made. 351. Strip to 
widen the projection of the rabbet. 352. Enamel cloth. 3533 Straw 
mat. 354. Upper story. 355. Caps. 356. Painting hives. 357. 
Numbcring hives. 3858 Beware of patents. 359. Material for 
hives. 360. Circularsaws. 361. Filing the saws 362. Boards warp- 
ing. 363 Chaff hives. 364. Ventilation considered azain, 363 Bees 
ventilating inside. 366. Pure air indispensable. 367. Effect of want of 
air. 368. Suffocation. 369. Combs melting 370. The result. 371. 
Combs of honey melting first. 372. Bees our models. 373. Pure air in 
our dwellings. 
OBSERVING Htves.—374. Very interesting. 375. Useful. 376. llow im- 
proved. 377. Parlor observing hive. 
Cuartrr V.—Handling Bees. 
378. The honey-bee capable of being tamed. 379. Peaceable when laden 
with honey. 380. Peaceable when swarming. 381. When frightened. 
382. The smokers—how to manage them. 38%. Apifuge. 394. Car- 
bolized sheet. 385. Maznetizing bees. 386. Bee-\eil. 387. Gloves. 
388. Woolen clothes objectionable. 389. Smoke not always necessary. 
$90. Cy :rians difficult to subdue. 391. Bees quietest at mid-day. 392. 
