A Modern Bee-Farm 



Those hives only are suitable for extracting purposes which 

 admit of tiering up one above the other. Such chambers may all 

 be of the " Standard " pattern ; though with the stock hive only 

 having the standard frames, and that surmounted by successive 

 stories of shallow frames would be better. In either case use the 

 empty chamber below, which will to some extent prevent the 

 queen ascending higher than the brood nest proper. 



Perforated zinc is frequently recommended to keep the queen 



down, having apertures -/j-inch wide which presumably admit 



neither queen nor drones. Where a recess is allowed above the 



frames the 



Pliable Excluder, 



as illustrated, can be used if desired with the slats across the 

 frames. The plain slatted and also pliable adapter will be found 

 more satisfactory for totally excluding brace-combs, these slats 

 also being placed across and close upon the top bars of the frames. 



Pliable Queen Excluder. 



Plain Slatted Adapter. 



The deep frames (14 inch by 14 inch) will rarely be left by the 

 queen, and with the shallow extracting super, with its frames 

 placed at right angles to those below, no adapter is needed. 



With the large hive, the stock chamber will be reduced to five 

 brood combs, having three or four frames with starters between 

 the same and the entrance. All combs arranged for extracting 

 should stand at a set distance apart all the time, as the combs 

 will then be finished off evenly, thus making the uncapping 

 process more rapid. Shallow combs are filled better than deep 

 ones, and where standard combs are used, it will pay to get them 

 worked between dividers. 



