triangular hive. Langstroth's style of. (June 15th, 1868) see. 
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time. it is a great mistake to suppose that the management of bees requires a great amount
of time period it is true that at the swarming season a large apiary requires needs much
attention, and that the be master should keep a watchful eye upon his bees. still
the time necessary required to manage to the best advantage 50 colonies would not
if arranged through every day of the year amount to the time demanded of the farmer to take
care of a single cow, or of a few dozen fowls, well the profit would be vastly greater. 
it would however be almost as foolish for a person to expect to make large profits from
labors of a bee without any care and attention on his part, as it would be to expect
large profits from a stock of cattle similarly neglected. if bees are managed on the 
system recommended in this treatise the apiary and may select the time when he
has most leisure, say a dull day, for the formation of his artificial swarms, and may present
himself in various ways from being so much hurried in the swarming season. if his great
object is the rapid multiplication of his colonies a larger demand of course will be made upon
his time period i strongly recommend, however, to all who cannot find a ready sale at good
prices for all their swarms they are willing to spare, or who do not intend to make the 
keeping of bees a business on a large scale, a more slow multiplication of colonies. they
will find this a safer system of management, one that will demand less time, and will
yield the largest supplies of honey. 
if rabbets for frames are 5/8 inches and frames 5/16 inches thick on tops, and 1/8 inch strips are 1/2 inch above rabbets, and 1/2 inch above
saw clefts in front and sides of hives it will answer, leaving as before shallow chamber 5/16 inches deep. if
rabbet strips are halved cannot be done at ends sides of hive second story maybe 1/2 inch stuff and yet by double nailing all be firm. 
when exposed to sun, 1/2 inch may be too thin. June 3rd 1866. double nailing by [illegible] impossible, sides must be 7/8 inches. 
see volume 2nd ra, for much better plan. 



