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examination will, I believe, show that the plan of 
interchanging body-boxes, as stated at page 94, 
together with anti-swarming devices, presently to be 
introduced, will give us even more than inversion of 
the brood-nest can accomplish ; and, second, it is 
certain that the inventiveness of bee-keepers will 
quickly devise a really workable method of making 
stock-boxes invertible. Indeed, Mr. J. M. Hooker has 
Fig. 36.— The Hooker Sy.stem of Invertihle Hive Sections. 
A, Part Section of Frames, &c. (Scale, i)—hh, Bottom Board ; I, l.ath on Bottom 
Board ; bn, bs, Bee-space ; me, me. Metal End ; ,7, .7, Guide : br, br. Bottom 
Rail ; nb, sb. Side Bar ; hs. Hive Side ; e. Edge of Hive Section. B, Perspective 
View of Part of Two Frames in I’osition— Letterings as before. C, End View 
(Scale, i)— c, c. Cutting Edge; b. Bevelled Face; other Letterings as before. 
already ingeniously satisfied the problem, in a manner 
which leaves Mr. Heddon quite in the rear, so far, at 
least, as British bee-keepers are concerned, for here 
climatic conditions seriously handicap any arrange- 
ment which would be disorganised by constantly-re- 
curring periods of dampness. Mr. Hooker retains 
the l^in. wide frame, all sides of which are made of 
