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HIVES 
square shape, the beekeeper is able to buy 
standard goods so much cheaper that he 
adopts the Langstroth frame. 
FRAMES SHALLOWER AND DEEPER THAN THE 
LANGSTROTH. 
A few years ago there was a tendency 
toward a frame still shallower than the 
Langstroth, which resulted in what is called 
the Heddon; but as eight or ten of these 
frames, or one super, make too small a 
brood-nest, two sets of such frames are 
used to accommodate a whole colony. Of 
the Heddon hive more will be given farther 
on. See Contraction. 
There is another class of beekeepers who 
feel that the Langstroth is not quite deep 
enough, and who, therefore, prefer the 
Quinby. They argue that 10 such frames, 
or frames Langstroth length, and two 
inches deeper, are none too large for a 
prolific queen, and that these big colonies 
swarm less,- get more honey, and winter 
better. Of these, more will be said un¬ 
der the subject of “Large vs. Small Hives.” 
Original dovetailed hive, Langstroth dimensions. 
The old original Langstroth hive that the 
Rev. L. L. Langstroth put out contained 10 
frames 17% x 19%.* Each hive had a por¬ 
tico, and cleats nailed around the top edge 
to support a telescoping cover, under which 
were placed the comb-honey boxes, or big 
cushions, for winter. There was a time 
when this style of hive was the only one 
used; but owing to the fact that it was not 
simple in construction, that the portico was 
a splendid harboring-place for cobwebs 
and gave the bees encouragement for clus¬ 
* The length for nearly 50 years has been 17 % 
instead of 17%. 
tering out on hot days instead of attending 
to their work inside of their hives, a far 
simpler form of hive was devised. The 
Simplicity, first brought out by A. I. Root, 
having Langstroth dimensions, was the re¬ 
sult. Instead of having telescope covers 
the contiguous edges of the hive were bev¬ 
eled so as to shed water and give in effect 
a telescoping cover. The cover and bottom 
of this hive were exactly alike, the entrance 
being formed by shoving the hive forward 
on the bottom, thus making an entrance as 
wide or narrow as seemed most desirable. 
But it had one serious defect, and that was 
the beveled edge. It was found to be prac¬ 
tically impossible at times, on account of 
the bee glue, to separate the upper story 
from the lower one without breaking or 
splitting the bevel. Finally there was in¬ 
troduced a hive very much the same, hav¬ 
ing straight square edges, and along with 
Modern hive based on Langstroth dimensions. 
it came the feature of dovetailing or lock- 
cornering, as shown. 
This hive was introduced in 1889, and 
seemed to meet with the general approba- 
