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shines on a hive in winter it takes too long for the heat to pene- 
trate the thick walls. They are much used in northern states. 
Q. (a) Do the double-walled hives produce more honey than 
the single-walled? 
(b) Are bees wintered out-of-doors better in the former hive 
than in the latter? 
A. (a) No; and in general it may be said that differences in 
hives are more for the convenience of the beekeeper than for the 
bees. Looking at it in another way, however, if two hives stand 
side by side, one with double walls and the other with very thin 
walls entirely unprotected out-doors in a very cold climate, it 
might be said that more honey would be produced in one than 
the other, because the bees might nearly all die in one and not 
in the other in winter, and that would make a difference in the 
amount stored the next summer. 
(b) Not if the single-walled hive is well packed. 
Q. I use the Acme hive and Wisconsin style. Which is better 
in your judgment ? 
A. I like the Wisconsin the better of the two', because it has 
the regular Langstroth frame. The dovetailed is still better, be- 
cause the portico of the Wisconsin makes a good shelter for 
spiders. 
Q. Would a 12-frame hive be all right to use here in northern 
United States? Would the bees swarm as much as they do in 
8-frame hives, or would it prevent swarming? 
A. Some use 12-frame hives with great satisfaction. Although 
they will not prevent swarming entirely, there will be much less 
swarming than with 8-frame hives, and with them you should get 
as much honey. 
Q. Kindly refer me to any bee-papers or other sources of in- 
formation about the Long-Idea hive. 
A. I don’t know just where to refer you, although years ago 
there was quite a little scattered through the bee-papers about 
the Long-Idea hive. Although used somewhat largely in Elirope, 
it is used very little in this country. O. O. Poppelton is its chief 
apostle, a very able beekeeper of Florida, who likes it much. All 
there is of it is to make the one story large enough to contain 
all the frames you want, so as to use no second story. Some use 
a queen-excluder so as to separate the hive into two compart- 
ments, one for brood and the other for honey. I’m not sure about 
it, but I rather think Mr. Poppleton does not use this excluder. 
