The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . much exi)ense. Stillfurther, if you should ever undertake to sellhives and supplies, you would not find a bigsale for your odd sized goo Is. If they areof the stand ird sizes, you will always find adecent market for them. As to the size of hive, the eiyht-h-Aine is now generally conceded to be thebest wo
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . much exi)ense. Stillfurther, if you should ever undertake to sellhives and supplies, you would not find a bigsale for your odd sized goo Is. If they areof the stand ird sizes, you will always find adecent market for them. As to the size of hive, the eiyht-h-Aine is now generally conceded to be thebest working ^size; and it is plenty large forgeneral purposes Ths queen will seldomlay in more than eight frames in the brood-nest. If her brooding capacity extends be-yond this, unless she is restrained she willgo into the top story. In the /Rn-frame hive,Italians especially will fill eight frames withbrood, and the two outskleones with honey;and this quantity of stores in the brood-nestis apt to make them quite loth to enter thesuper. If the lower eight frames are filledwith brood just at the beginuiig of the har-vest, and there are no more frames below,just as soon as the rtf)\v of nectar begins, thebees are obliged to put it where we want it—that is, in the upper story or AN 8-KKAME LANGSTKOTH IIIVK. Now, then, I will assume, Mr. Ilivemaker,that you have decided on the regular eight-frame L. hive. The accompanying cut showsone of the most ajjproved forms, sliowingthebottom-board, body (or brood-nest), super(or surplus receptacle), and cover. Whentlie hives are made in (piantity by supply-dealers, they are dovetailed at the corners. This makes an extra-strong corner. Themanner f)f doing this will Ije explained fur-ther on, when we are making hives Ijy steampower. But as you want to make only a fewhives, for your own use and for your neigh-l)ors, yoii had better content yourself withwhat is called the halved corner, as shown inthe accomi)anying engraving. While this isnot
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