10 
Beekeeping 
keepers, and bee-houses may still be seen in parts of the 
country. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 10) is drawn 
from a photograph by Geo. S. Demuth of the bee-house in 
Eggleston’s “Hoosier School Boy,” still standing near Madi¬ 
son, Indiana. For a time the author was obliged to use 
such a house, far less elaborate however than those often 
built by the bee-enthusiasts of Europe. The house-apiary 
is cozy and for certain manipulations, such as queen-rearing, 
is convenient, but 
the extensive Amer- 
ican beekeeper 
would find it impos¬ 
sible to produce his 
large crops in such 
quarters. The 
house-apiary, as 
usually constructed, 
like the hive open¬ 
ing at the back, 
limits the expansion 
of the hive and is 
therefore disadvan¬ 
tageous. 
The other type of 
hive, opening at the 
top, has been ex¬ 
tensively adopted in 
Europe, as exemplified by the W.B.C. hive (Fig. 11) of 
England, the C.D.B. hive (Figs. 12 and 13) of Ireland 
and the modified Dadant hive so much used on the con¬ 
tinent of Europe. It will be seen from the illustrations 
that these hives are less simple than those used in Amer¬ 
ica. The chief objection, as viewed from American 
conditions, is a lack of room for expansion, although the 
complexity of these hives would seriously interfere with the 
work of an extensive American beekeeper when in the middle 
of a heavy honey-flow. The type of hive which we may 
Fig. 11. — W.B.C. hive of England. 
