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shallow frame has too little honey above the cluster in 
Winter, and in long cold Winters, like that of 1884-5, a 
great many bees die for want of food above them, in hives 
containing plenty of honey (630), the combs, back of the 
cluster, being too cold. 
The Langstroth-Simplicity frame is long enough, but 
hardly deep enough. The Quinby frame is deep enough, 
but would be better if a little shorter. 
307. We have used on a large scale Quinby, American 
and Standard Langstroth-sized frames for years, and have 
obtained better results from the Quinby, both for wintering 
out of doors, and for honey producing. Yet, the Lang- 
stroth-Simplicity being the standard frame of America, we 
would hesitate to advise any Apiarist to change from this 
size; knowing, by practical experience, how annoying it is, 
not to have all frames and all hives in one Apiary uniform 
in size. 
But we would counsel beginners to use the Quinby size, 
—especially if they intend to winter out-of-doors,—or at 
least to use a frame as long as the standard Langstroth and 
as deep as the Quinby. 
308. The number of frames to be used in a hive depends 
on their size; for we should manage our bees, as we do our 
other domestic animals, and give them as much space as is 
necessary to obtain the best results. What would we think 
of a farmer who would build a barn without first consider- 
ing the number of animals and the amount of feed which 
he intended to shelter in it? 
309. Many hives cannot hold one-quarter of the bees, 
comb, and honey which, in a good season, may be found in 
large ones; while their owners wonder that they obtain so 
little profit from their bees. A good swarm of bees, put, 
in a good season, into a diminutive hive, may be compared 
to’a powerful team of horses harnessed to a baby wagon, or 
a noble fall of water wasted in turning a petty water-wheel. 
