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THK invK ANn honky-hI'TC. 
cany their stores as far as iiossihlc from the entrance, 
tliey will fill its ujiiicr jiart with honey, using the lower 
jiart mainly for brood, thus escaping the danger of being 
caught, in cold weather, among einiity ranges of comb, 
Avhile they still have honey unconsumed If the toj) of 
this hive, like that of an old-fashioned churn, is made (on 
the Polish plan) considerably smaller than the bottom, it 
will be better adapted to a cold climate, besides being 
more secure against high winds. Such a hive is deficient 
ill to))-surface for the storing of honey in bo.\es, and it 
would be impossible to use frames* in it to any advantage; 
but, to those who prefer to keep bees on the old plan,f 
one of this shape, made to hold not less than a bushel and 
a half, is decidedly the best. 
A. hive long from front to rear, and moderately low 
and narrow, seems, on the whole, to unite the most 
advantages. Such a hive resembles a tall one, laid upon 
its side, and, while .affording ample top-surface for surjilus 
hofiey, it greatly facilitates the handling of the fi'ames, 
besides diminishing their number and cost.;]; 
• Tlio detper tho frnincs, tlie more dllUcalt It Is to make thorn hong true on tho 
rohlh-to, anil tho greater tho illlllcillly of handling thorn without orimhlng tho boos 
or brt'uking tbo cuinbs. 
t It Itt Instructive to soo how tho vory Orst departure from tho olden way proves 
tho truth, Id hee-culturo at least, of tho hackuoyed quotation: 
“ A little knowledge Is a dangerous thing.” 
Kven so simple an Improvement os that of lop-boxos will, as used by nukuy, 
eventually destroy their boos; for, while In favorablo years such boxes maybe 
(Mifoly removed, la others tho surplus bonoy which they conUiln, is tho life of 
the bees. 
$ Mr, M. Qulnby, of 8t. Johnsvillc, Now York, In calling iny attention to some 
stocks, which he had purchased In box hives of this shape, lulbrmod me that boos 
wiolei-cd In them about lut well In tall hives, tho boos drawing hark among their 
stores In cold weather, just as in tall hives they draw up among them. My hive, 
s-H at first constructed, was fourteen and onc-elghth inches from front to rear, 
eighteen and one-eighth Inches from side to side, and nine Inches deep, holding 
twelve frames. After Mr. Qulnby called my attention to the wintering i»f bees In 
his long box-hives, I constructed one that measurerl twenty-four inches from ft-onl 
to rear, twelve ivebes frooi side to side, and ten Inches deep, holding eight fiuincs 
