ICO 



THE BEE-HIVES. 



in producing extracted honey (749) these bridges and brace 

 combs do not annoy much. 



326. It is necessary that the hive sliould ahvays slant 

 forward, toward the entrance, when occupied by bees, to 

 facilitate the carrying out of dead bees and other useless 

 suljstances, to aid the cnlnny in protecting itself against 

 robbers, to carry off moisture, and prevent rain from beat- 

 ing into the hive. 



327. Fur this, ami other reasons, the combs should run 

 from front to rear, — so as to hung perpendicularly, — and not 

 from side to side as they do in the Berlepsch hive. 



328. The Lanustroth hive, from the simple form given 

 in fii;. oO, was improved upon in, many different ways. The 

 Slandavd Lanystrolh hive has been for a long time a hive 



Pig 70. 



VAN DI-:U.SEN CL.4MP. 



with portico, honey-bcai'd, permanent bottom-board, and ten 

 frames. 



321). The movable honey-board, between the brood- 

 chamber and the upper stories, has been discarded of late 

 years, the gi'eat objection to honey -boards being that the bees 

 glue them, and build small pieces of cnmb or hrUhjcs, in the 

 si)arc between them and the frames; the jar of their break- 

 ing, when the honey -board is I'enioved, angering the bees. 



330. The permanent liottom-hoard has lost favor with the 

 great majority of bee-keepers, . and is now replaced by mova- 

 ble bottom-boards adjustable at will. The Van Deusen hive- 

 clamp (fig. 70), is used by many Apiarists for fastening 

 movable bottoms or additional stories. We have discarded 

 the permanent bottom-board, owing to the dilflculty of 



