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Fig. 28. Section of improved tin frame-rest 44 
29. The Langstroth hive (Dadant-Quinby form), cross section showing 
construction 45 
30. The Nonpareil hive 46 
31. Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive — open 46 
32. The Bingham bee smoker , 48 
33. Automatic reversible honey extractor 49 
34. Qumby uncapping knife 49 
35. Bingham & Hetherington uncapping knife 49 
36. Excelsior wax extractor 50 
37. Simplicity feeder 51 
38. Fruit-jar bee feeder, bottom of feeding stage and perforated cap 
shown separately 51 
39. The Porter spring bee escape 52 
40. Daisy foundation fastener 53 
41. Fastening starter of comb foundation in frame 53 
42. Spur wire-embedder 54 
43. Comb-foundation machine 55 
44. Willow herb ( Epilobium angustifolium ) 57 
45. Wagner's flat pea (Lathyrus sylvestris wagneri) 59 
46. Dwarf Essex or winter rape (Brasslca napus) 60 
47. Summer or bird rape (Brassica napus) 60 
48. Sacaline or giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinevse) 61 
49. Russian or hairy vetch ( Yicia villosa) 61 
50. Mountain laurel (Kahnia laiifolia) 63 
51. Apple (Pynts mains) 63 
52. Heath-like wild aster (Aster ericoides) 64 
53. Transferring — drumming the bees from a box hive into a frame hive. 71 
54. Transferred comb and inserted queen cell 73 
55. Uncapping and extracting honey 77 
56. One-piece " V "-grooved sections 80 
57. Super with section holders and sections in place 80 
58. Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive, elevated from bottom board 
and slid back for ventilation in summer 82 
59. Langstroth hive with combined surplus case and shipping crate 83 
60. Honey shipping cases 83 
61. Boardman solar wax extractor 85 
62. Comb showing worker brood and queen cells 88 
63. Queen cells and worker brood in various stages 89 
64. The Benton queen cage for transporting a queen and attendants by 
mail 92 
65. Caging a queen for mailing 92 
66. Queen introducing-cage 94 
67. Hiving a swarm of bees 96 
68. The Simmins non-swarming system, single-story hive with supers . .. 103 
69. The Simmins non-swarming system, double-story hive with supers .. 103 
70. Beehives with Langdon nonswarmer attached 104 
71. Percolator for preparation of winter food 107 
72. The American straw hive of Hayek Bros 108 
73. Davis hive with newspapers packed between inner and outer cases 
and brood frames on end for winter 108 
74. Double-walled hive adapted to outdoor wintering as well as summer 
use below 40° north latitude in United States 109 
75. An apiary in Vermont — winter view 110 
76. Cheshire antirobbing entrance 117 
