UOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 



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298. Although the movable frame, hanging in the hive, 

 by projections of the top bar (figs. 54, 58), as invented 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 



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"SIMPLICITY" 



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Fig. 69. 

 DIAGRAM OP PBINCIPAL FRAMES IN USB. 

 FigoreB glTen are outside dimensions in inches. Snspended frames have 

 J^-inch snpporting arms, or an eqaal piolongation of top bar. 



in use. 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. 



290. The " Hanging Quinby " is the frame preferred by 



