842 WINTERING. 
The most wide-spread style, is the chaff-hive, of A. I. 
Root. ‘This hive is far superior to single-wall hives for out- 
door wintering. It is made in two stories, but all in one 
piece. This renders it rather inconvenient to reach down 
to the lower story, when handling bees. We, therefore, 
made our chaff hives of a single story with half-story cap, 
like that of fig. 69. This single-wall cap can be filled 
with a cushion, dry leaves, or any other absorbents. Some 
Apiarists also use one-story chaff-hives with loose bottom- 
boards that can be taken off to remove the dead bees in 
Spring. 
641. After having used some eighty chaff-hives during 
six or eight years, we find two disadvantages in them: 
ist. They are heavy and inconvenient to handle, especially 
when made to accommodate ten Quinby, or twenty Simplie- 
Fig. 108 
INSIDE OF THE CHESHIRE HIVE. 
As, nives sides with cork-dust for packing. sc, section case. ’s, section 
s, separators. fn, foundation, 
