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HIVES. 
COMMON HIVE RECOMMENDED. 
I would not exchange the hive I have used for the 
last ten years for any patent I ever saw, if furnished 
gratis. I will guarantee that it affords means to obtain 
surplus honey, as much in quantity and in any way 
which fancy may dictate, whether in wood or glass, 
and what is more than all, it shall cost nothing for 
the privilege of using. 
SIZE IMPORTANT. 
After deciding what kind of hive we want, the 
next important point is the size. Dr. Bevan, an 
English author, recommends a size “eleven and three- 
eighths inches square, by nine deep in the clear,” 
making only about 1200 inches, and so few pounds 
necessary to winter the bees, that when I read it, I found 
myself wondering if the English inch and pound were 
the same as ours. 
SMALL HIVES MORE LIABLE TO ACCIDENTS 
At all events, I think it too small for our Yankee 
bees in any place. We must remember, that the queen 
needs room for all her eggs, and the bees need space 
to store their winter provisions ; for reasons before 
given, this should be in one apartment. When this 
is too small, the consequences will be, their winter 
supply of food is liable to run out. The swarms from 
such will bje smaller and the stock much more liable to 
accidents, which soon finish them off. 
