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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



invention of a number of reversible hives or frames. The re- 

 versing method caused quite a craze about 1888, but it was a 

 "fad" "vvhich soon wore itself out. 



m 



Fig. 191. 



HEDDON'S EEVEESIELE HIVE. 



(From Cheshire.) 

 !^t, stand; bb, body; hb, honey board; 5?-, section racks; Cj cover; 

 hh, hand holds ; lb, entrance blocks ; c, entrance ; I, cleat to give bee- 

 space ; .i, screws to hold frames. 



ySS. Reversing during the harvest does not cause the 

 bees to gather any more honey; nay, they harvest even a little 



