140 The Hvber Type of Hives. 



The nails that hold the end-bars passmto the end of the top 

 bar,' which is usually placed diagonally, so that an edge, not 

 a face, is below ; though some are made with a face below 

 (Fig. 50, /), to be used when comb is transferred. The 

 frames are held together by two wires, one at each end. Each 

 wire (Fig. 50, a) is a little longer than twice the width of the 

 hive when the maximum number of frames are used. The 



Fig. 50. 



Frames and Bottom-Board of the Bingham Hive. 



ends of each wire are united and placed about nails (Fig. 50, 

 b, h) in the ends of the boards (Fig. 50, c, c)which form the 

 sides of the brood-chamber. A small stick (Fig. 50, a) spreads 

 these wires, and brings the frames close together. A box 

 without bottom and with movable cover, is placed about the 

 frames. This is large and high enough to permit of chaff 

 packing in winter and spring. The bottom board may be 

 made like the one already described. Mr. Bingham does not 

 bevel the bottom-board, but places lath under three sides of 

 the brood-chamber, the lath being nailed to the bottom-board. 

 He uses the Langstroth blocks to contract the entrance (Fig. 

 50, g). 



The advantages of this hive are, simplicity, great space 

 above for surplus frames or boxes, capability of being placed 

 one hive above another to any height d6sired, while the frames 

 may be reversed, end for end, or bottom for top, or the- whole 

 brood-chamber turned up-side down. Thus, by doubling, we 

 may have a depth of ten inches for winter. 



The objection which I have found in the use of such hives, 

 'is danger of killing bees in rapid handling. They can be 

 manipulated with rapidity if we care not how many bees we 

 crush. It hurts me to kill a bee, and so I find the Langstroth 

 style more quickly manipulated. Mr. Snow, too, who was 



