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about two feet six inches from the ground 
with posts for the frame to rest upon, and 
also to brace the posts. Many have said 
much about the proper size of a hive. My 
Self Protecting Premium Hive, is of suffi- 
ciens size for ordinary purposes. The body 
of the hive contains about 35 pounds of 
honey, and the boxes about 24 pounds. I 
had one hive that made me 40 pounds of 
honey in the boxes, in 28 days, in the house 
72 Spring Street, in the year 1840, about the 
center of the city of New York. ‘The hive 
contains a sufficient quantity to supply the 
largestswarms. In large hives, Bees seldom 
swarm, and if at all, generally very late, 
rendering the swarm but of little use. Some 
are in favor of very large hives, in order to 
prevent swarming, but such persons have 
but little experience as apiarians. Some 
may keep Bees merely out of curiosty but 
generally the principal object is profit. If, 
in the cultivation of Bees, profit is thought 
of, they should be suffered to swarm at least 
once in each season, and be furnished with 
