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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Mr. Jones has furnished the following description of his hives : “My 
single-boarded hive costs one dollar, and contains twelve frames about 10 J by 
13 inches. The frames are of the most approved shape, so constructed that 
the projection at the bottom prevents the killing or injuring of any bees, 
DOUBLE -WALLED HIVE. ’ 
while lifting ont the combs, or manipulating them. It also contains a 
movable division-board, which is indispensable to success, it being adjusted to 
suit the size of the colony of bees. No hive is complete without one. 
The inside dimensions of my hive are 12| by 18 by 15 inches. My double- 
walled hive is the same size interiorly, taking the same frame as the single- 
walled hive. It is very neat in appear^ 
ance, and looks well on a lawn. It is 
equally well adapted for both extracted 
and comb honey. From its peculiar con- 
struction, it requires no extra protection 
either summer or winter. In it, colonies 
may be safely wintered on their summer 
6tands. The boards used are thin, yet the- 
hive is strongly constructed. It has a 
hollow four-inch wall on all sides of it, 
and a double bottom, also enclosing a 
four-inch space. The four-inch spaces 
thus made are closely packed with straw, 
cut fine in a cutting-box, which forms an 
excellent non-conductor. A chaff cushiony 
eight or ten inches thick, is laid on top 
of the frames, on the approach of cold 
weather. Thus the bees are kept at onco 
warm and dry.” 
transferring bees. 
The beginner in apiaculture will very likely have to buy bees housed in box* 
m&. D. A. JONES, THE CELEBRATED BEE- 
KINQ OF BEETON, ONTARIO. 
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