. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ill the multitude of eouusellors tliere is .safetj-.—ProT. 11-14. Best Size of Hive for Beginners. Query 87.—In the ligrht of your own experU etice. what hive, or size of hive, do you consider best for a beyiuner to start with—1st. for comb honey i>rocluction; 2nd. for extracted honey?— Ohio. Dr. A. B. Mason—A 10-fraine Laiig-s- troUi. E. France—1 and 2. The Lanystroth hive for both. R. L. Taylor—1. The 8-frarae Langs- troth hive.' 2. Ditto. Prof. A. J. Cook—1 and 2. Lang-s- troth for either or both. Emerson T. Abbott—1 and 2. An 8- frame " St
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ill the multitude of eouusellors tliere is .safetj-.—ProT. 11-14. Best Size of Hive for Beginners. Query 87.—In the ligrht of your own experU etice. what hive, or size of hive, do you consider best for a beyiuner to start with—1st. for comb honey i>rocluction; 2nd. for extracted honey?— Ohio. Dr. A. B. Mason—A 10-fraine Laiig-s- troUi. E. France—1 and 2. The Lanystroth hive for both. R. L. Taylor—1. The 8-frarae Langs- troth hive.' 2. Ditto. Prof. A. J. Cook—1 and 2. Lang-s- troth for either or both. Emerson T. Abbott—1 and 2. An 8- frame " St. Joe," of \V. G. Larrabee—1 and 2. 10-frame Lang'stroth in both instances. Dr. J. P. H. Brown—A 9 or 10 frame hive, with a frame the size of the Lang-stroth. P. H. Elwood—1. Not over 2,000 cubic inches. 2. For extracting, one quite a little larger can be used. G. M. Doolittle—1 and 2. The Langs- troth frame is as good as any, and for a beginner 10 frames to the hive will be no mistake. Jas. A. Stone—1 and 2. I have no other than the 10-franie "Improved Langstroth-Simplicity," because I like it best for all purposes. Eugene Secor—1 and 2. Localities may differ. For my locality and meth- od of wintering, an 8-frame Langstroth seems to be as good as any. Chas. Dadant & Son—1 and 2. We use larger hives than common, but if you take a standard, don't use any- thing smaller than a 10-frame Langs- troth. D. W. —1 and 2. A Dadant- Ouinby, if you should remain a begin- ner only. Apart from that, 3'ou must study your locality and be g'overned accordingly as to size. J. E. Pond—1 and 2. Twenty-live years' experience causes me to advise the regidar Simplicity 10-frame hive. I don't think a better one exists, and fully believe that others by its use will think as I do. Mrs. L. Harrison—1 and 2. As far as as my experience goes, a Langstroth hive for both. Localities may differ. I've had the best results with an ,8- frame
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