and its Economic Management. 



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Much attention has recently been directed to shallow brood 

 chambers by the introduction of the " Heddon " hive in America. 

 Though extensively patronized there the same has gained 

 few adherents in this country, as the construction is quite out of 

 character with our ideas of simple management. The hive was 

 heralded as the best for inversion, but it had no sooner been 

 introduced than the craze for inverting hives and frames began to 

 subside, as was evident would be the case, and as was foretold in 

 Non-Swarming pamphlet. Nevertheless the hive offers many 

 advantages, such as being suitable for contraction; rapidity of 

 handling ; and the manner in which the bees may be " thrown " 

 out without removing the frames. 



For my own part I prefer the large frame as giving greater 

 security in Winter, and being far in advance of any for breeding 

 up in Spring. 



These supers are also well adapted to the Economic 

 hive, being 14 inches by 14 inches outside, and 6| inches deep ; 

 holding eight frames, each of which are 12 inches by 6 inches and 

 g-inch wide. These stand a little more than the i^-inch from 

 centre to centre and are spaced by simple metal ends, with a slot 

 in each, corresponding with a similar cut in the ends of the 

 frames. 



Side Wall of shallow extracting chamber, showing grooves for key and 



manner of raising frames, by adjusting the i-inch ledge upon which they 



rest. Keys can be dispensed with for old style of working. 



There are two corresponding grooves in the side walls and a 

 metal key passing into these and through the ends of the frames 

 holds all in place. By using the lower groove the frames hang 

 with the bee space above them, and when the metal key is 



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