Body of the Hive. 



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ten-frame Langstroth (Fig. 37^ the one recommended by Mr. 

 A. I. Eoot, contains more than 2,500 cubic inches. Were I 

 to use a two-story hive (Fig. 41), I should prefer about 2,500 

 cubic inches. If the one-and-one-half story is used (Fig. 38), 

 then I prefer upwards of 3,400 cubic inches. J?his is the size 

 preferred by Mr. Doolittle. Messrs. Hetherington, L. C. 

 Koot and Nellis use a hive larger still. 



If the hive is to be a two-story one — that is, one hive above 

 a similar hive below (Fig. 41) — I prefer that it should be 

 eighteen inches long, twelve inches wide, and twelve inches 

 deep, inside measure. If simply small frames or sections are 

 to be used above (Fig. 38), I would have the hive at least 



Fig. 38. 



a — Body. 

 d — Frame. 



Story and One-Half Hive. 



b, c — Shoulders. 

 e— Tin. 



two feet long. A three-fourths inch rabbet should be cut 

 from the top of the sides or ends, as the apiarist prefers, on the 

 inside (Fig. 41). The rabbet may equal a little more than 

 one-half the thickness of the board. My late hives are with- 

 out this rabbet (Fig. 38). These are simpler, and with many 

 others I think I prefer them. Then the hive is only eleven 



