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ALIGHTING BOARD FOR HIVE. 
Some prefer the hive to have a Stand, to raise it from the 
ground. The one illustrated here has a slanting alighting 
Fie. 13.—Alighting-Board and Stand for Hive. 
board to aid the bees in crawling up to the hive when 
returning from the fields with a load. 
THE LANGSTROTH FRAME. 
The brood-frames used in the Langstroth hive measure 
94x17§ inches, outside, and are made with a V-shaped top- 
bar as shown in the engraving. 
Fie. 14.—The Langstroth Frame. 
When the Langstroth hive was invented, it had frames 
for surplus honey similar to. the brood-frames, but one-half 
their depth, and were used above a honey-board having 
holes bored in it, to admit the bees to the surplus 
apartment. 
