. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 34 ANIMAL BIOLOGY have existed two or three hundred treatises on bees, so that, then as now, beekeeping was a favorite topic with authors. More books have appeared on bees and bee-clilture than have ever been pubhshed about any domestic animal, not excepting the horse or the ; ^ Yet from the earliest times until the middle of the last century there was Uttle improvement in the method of keeping bees. They were allowed to build their combs in hollow trunks of trees or in hives so constructed that it was impos- sible to control in any way
. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 34 ANIMAL BIOLOGY have existed two or three hundred treatises on bees, so that, then as now, beekeeping was a favorite topic with authors. More books have appeared on bees and bee-clilture than have ever been pubhshed about any domestic animal, not excepting the horse or the ; ^ Yet from the earliest times until the middle of the last century there was Uttle improvement in the method of keeping bees. They were allowed to build their combs in hollow trunks of trees or in hives so constructed that it was impos- sible to control in any way the work of the bees (Fig. 22). In 1852, however, Rev. Lorenzo Lang- stroth of Philadel- phia invented a hive with movable frames, and his in- vention wholly rev- olutionized the bee- keeping industry. Practically all mod- ern hives through-. FiG. 22. — Old type of beehive. (From Inter- national Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.) out the world are constructed on the plan that he introduced, which is essentially as follows. In a rectangular box are sus- pended eight to ten movable frames, in each of which the bees build their comb, store honey, and develop their young; for this reason this part of the hive is known as the brood chamber. (One of these frames, covered with bees is shown in Fig. 23.) As the season advances, the beekeeper places above the brood chamber successive supers (Latin, super = above), each supplied with little boxes (Fig. 23) which when filled with honeycomb usually weigh about a pound. It is this excess of stored honey that is commonly offered for sale. ' Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. Ill, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Peabody, James Edward, b. 1869; Hunt, Arthur Ellsworth, joint author. New York, The Macmillan company
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