shipping bees. see q u (11) 1868. 
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simplicity. the simpler the construction of a hive the better, if it can be
made to possess the necessary requisites of a good hive. he who
unites the all important requisites in the simplest and cheapest manner has the best
hive. a thorough practical acquaintance with the habits of bees indispensable
to the construction of a good new hive. although my hives may at first might
appear quite complicated, yet i am persuaded that a close examination of
them will show that they are quite simple in their practical management. 
the human hand is in one aspect of a very complicated piece of mechanism
and yet with what beautiful simplicity does it work. all its various parts
have their important uses and not one could be spared, without an injury to the whole period
my hive with all its various parts will be found to require less time and
trouble in any of the practical operations of [illegible] such as hiving the bees, depriving them of their
spare honey, etc. then the ordinary box hives of the very simplest construction. 
if the peculiar arrangement for 
size of the hive. this must depend on the productiveness of the district in honey. 
the polish hive is immense. i recommend that the smallest size used should be not
less than one cubic foot in contents. i have used 13 inches, in mass, with great
success. the use of a divider will enable us to use a larger size, and the bees may be confined
to as much as they can [illegible] with advantage. 
 (April 6th, 1861) [illegible] hive. 18 1/8 x 14 1/8 x 13 inches deep. hives already made may
have the three inches put below especially when the bottoms are nailed on in 
the Cleveland fashion frames already made may have side and bottoms 
removed. have large sides 
nailed to a bottom ready, new with brad and can easily fasten them to the tops
without disturbing combs, bees [illegible] first shaken off. [illegible] size [illegible] only etc 
determined after long experiments. July 1862 my frames will contain cell
room for about 6000 worker bees. 9 frames would allow room for all the
brood that could be in cells at once on the [illegible] of 8000 eggs per day, the
other 3 for honey bee bread. thus 12 frames would give ample room. 
to get more surplus storage room let there be 9 or even 12 boxes on top, the
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