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from Mr. lAngstroth’s, tho patentee, but whether it is better, is for others to de- 
cide. I cau only say that I um suited with it heller thin with his. A few will like 
inino, because I do ; othors, his, because he recommends it. I have not the least 
objection to any one’s improving it or using it, as cither of us do. There is not tin 
least doubt %n my mind that whoever realizes the greatest possible benefits from his bees, 
will have to retain the movable combs in some form. The principle— movable combs— 
can hardly bo dispensed with. 
I would suggest to those who are about beginning with them, to start with a form 
that can bo retained One set of frames should lit any hive. It is very perplexing 
h) have t\v o Sizes of them. Very likely the first occasion there is of changing them, 
it. will be with these odd ones. If the reader is not satisfied with the form that^ 
give, I would adviso consulting Mr. Langstroth’s work for his model : while com- 
paring them, something new and superior may bo suggested. 
I make tlio hive as follows : Get boards, 12# inches wido, and 1 inch in tbick- 
uess ; cut two lengths, 21# inches, and two 12 inches. If to be painted, they are 
planed on both sides— otherwise, only the inside— theso hives having frames inside, 
to assist the new swarm in holding fast ; the planed surface docs no harm, aud is 
an advantage, by saving the bees the trouble of waxing over the rough places. Tho 
two shorter pieces are rabbeted out ou tho iuside upper edge a hall-inch square to 
receive the onds of tho frames. The whole is now thoroughly nailed together mak- 
ing a box without top or bottom, tho inside just 12 by 19# inches square, and 12# 
deep- In one end is an entrance, 3 or 4 inches long by #-iuch deep at the bottom, 
and an inch hole hall-way to the top.* A strip of wood, about #-inch thick by 
2 inches wide aud 14 inches long, is nailed to each end, near the top, as handles. 
Iho stand and roof aro made like those recommended on page 13S, only longer. 
The framos for the inside — the point constituting its superiority — are made as fol- 
lows : l list, get out a triungular strip of wood, 18 inches long— the square, an inch 
—this is nailed to another, #-inch thick, 1# wide, aud 20# inches long ; each end 
projects beyond the triangular piece, 1# inch. Next, get two strips, #-inch wide bv 
# inch thick, and 11 inches in length, for tho onds ; then one for the bottom, #-inch 
wide, # thick, and 18 inches long, to correspond with the triangular piece at the top. 
use small finishing nails, and drive through the onds of the short pieces into tho 
end ot tho triangular strip and tho one of tho same length at the bottom. Mr. Lang- 
stroth recommends that these end-pieces be a right-angled triangle, instead of the 
shape I have— the flat surtace outward. It is said tho bees will aim their comb for 
the angle, and aro less likely to got ono side near tho end. But whether it will 
provo enough hotter for tho oxtra trouble, is doubtful. When finished, we have a 
frame in this shape, 18 inches long, by 10 
deep, inside. This will go down into the hive, 
and leave a half-inch space between the eud 
of tho frame and the end of the hive. Tho 
strip that is nailed to tho triangular ono, with 
the eud projecting, rests on the rabbeting, and 
supports it— this is tlio only part that touches 
.. . . , ... I* 10 ^ve. Eight of these frames will go in a 
lnve that is 12 inches wide 1# inches being the right distance from center to cen- 
tor. lo keep them .tho right distance apart at tho bottom, a stick, # by # of an 
mcli square, is put across the middle of the hive, # of an inch from the bottom, with 
\ A AAA A A A / wire braces in this form. Two small mortises, 
• Y Y Y . . — > 4 -inch deep on each side, hold it. It may be put in 
• alter tho hive is together, by bending "it a little, 
verj small annealed wire will do ; it is cut in pieces long enough to reach through 
and turn over to tho upper side, which hold thorn firmly. Tho points or angles 
should bo just 1 # inches apart, nnd the bottom of tho framo should como down 
between thoimwithin # of an inch of touching the cross piece. 
Iho proper Size for a. hive, as already recommended for this latitude (2,000 cubi® 
inches), will take over seven and loss than eight of these frames. I intend to hay® 
Komo ot these hives only wido enough for six frames (9 inches), and then larger, 
until I can put in ten. At present, I have them only for eight and nine. The advan- 
tages ot dilferent sizes aro, that a moderate swarm will fill six frames with combs, 
and need about all of them for brood ; then, if wo put on tlio surplus boxes, wo 
snail get nearly all the honey stored m them that is collected in June and duly, 
which Is »d a much better quality than is gathered in August from buckwheat. 
* Notwithstanding my endeavor u> be explicit, I find that I failed to be compro'- 
nonded by all my readers with regard to the entrance. The directions on page® 
1.0 and 203 are not satisfactory to all. A few have impair- I - if I make no other 
passage but tho hole in the sido?” I would say hero, that I consider it of but 
little consequence whether the front side is raised for tho entrance of the bees or a 
passage cut out like tho ono now described. I have hives both ways. 
