MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 147 
298. Although the movable frame, hanging in the hive. 
by projections of the top bar (figs. 54, 58), asinvented by 
Mr. Langstroth, is the style now almost universally adopted, 
there is a great diversity of opinions as to the proper size 
and shape of the frames, and the number, which a hive 
should contain. Hundreds of different sizes are used with 
success, from Maine to California, and from Canada to 
Texas. We herewith give a diagram of the principal frames 
183g 11% 
— _ 
—_ Scars 
x x 
**QUINBY’’ *“GALLUP’?” 
13% 
17% 
~ 
= 
¥ aR 
**SIMPLICITY’? “*ADAIR’’ 
12% 
1934 
- rc] 
- x 
**CLOSED-END QUINBY’?’ «¢anmRIcaN?? 
Fig. 59. 
DIAGRAM OF PRINCIPAL FRAMES IN USE. 
Figures given are outside dimensions in inches. Suspended frames have 
%-inch supporting arms, or an equal prolongation of top bar. 
inuse. The ‘‘Simplicity’’ is almost exactly similar to the 
original Langstroth frame: so much so, in fact, that they 
are interchangeable. This style of frame has been manu- 
factured and sold, by the most prominent dealers, to such 
an extent, that it may be called the Standard Frame of 
America. 
299. The ‘‘ Hanging Quinby’’ is the frame preferred by 
