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: localities, undesirable, but it will frequently be found advantageous 
i to contract temporarily the space occupied by the bees. For extracted 
/ honey alone, especially in any region having a short flow of honey, 
i twelve-frame capacity is preferable. Thin, movable partitions, known 
i i om as “division boards,” enable 
f HALIUAAUUUAA one to contract the space at 
if will, and the addition of su- 
1 pers or top stories gives stor- 
i TTT age room for surplus honey. 
; Some prefer to have the hive 
in one story holding twice 
the usual number of frames 
| == and contractible with a divi- 
i = = eee CPssion board. The entrance is 
r Fic. 30.—The Nonpareil hive. (From Bee-Keeping for then usually at one end, par- 
IPHONE allel with the combs, and the 
surplus honey is obtained from the rear part of the hive, either in sec- 
tions held in wide frames or it is extracted with a machine from ordi- 
nary frames. This plan renders access to all of the frames somewhat 
easier than when two or more stories are used, but as the methods now 
é most followed involve on 
i the whole less manipula- per RD 
tion of individual frames Ly} il] 7} 
; than was formerly deemed Y au I 
advantageous this supe- = all fl 
riority can not count for 
much—hardly enough in 
fact to balance the limita- 
' tion as to the number of 
i frames and the inconven- 
ience of larger and more 
unwieidy hive bodies, cov- 
| ers, and bottom boards. 
Small hives may yield 
excellent results in the 
hands of a skillful bee- 
master, but an equal de- Fic. 31.—Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive, open: a, 
gree of skill will, in gen- front of brood apartment; b, alighting board; c, movable en- 
eral give as good if not trance block; d, cap; e, straw mat; f, carriage-cloth cover 
Q ) for frames; g,g,frames with combs. (From Langstroth.) 
better, returns from large 
hives, and the novice who may not know just when or how to perform 
i all operations will find himself much safer with hives holding ten or 
twelve frames in each story, and far more likely to secure good returns 
from them than from smaller ones. 
A good, tight roof or cover is indispensable, well painted, so that no 
drop of water can get in from above, A flat roof slanting from front to 
