. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 160 THE BEE-HIVES. in producing extracted honey (749) these bridges and brace combs do not annoy much. 336. It is necessary that the hive should always slant forward, toward the entrance, when occupied by bees, to facilitate the carrying out of dead bees and other useless substances, to aid the colony in protecting itself against robbers, to carry off moisture, and prevent rain from beat- ing into the hive. 337. For this, and other reasons, the combs should run from front to rear,—so as to hang perpendicularly,—and not from side to side as they d
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 160 THE BEE-HIVES. in producing extracted honey (749) these bridges and brace combs do not annoy much. 336. It is necessary that the hive should always slant forward, toward the entrance, when occupied by bees, to facilitate the carrying out of dead bees and other useless substances, to aid the colony in protecting itself against robbers, to carry off moisture, and prevent rain from beat- ing into the hive. 337. For this, and other reasons, the combs should run from front to rear,—so as to hang perpendicularly,—and not from side to side as they do in the Berlepsch hive. 338. The Langstroth hive, from the simple form given in fig. 59, was improved upon in many different ways. The Standard Langstroth hive has been for a long time a hive. Fig 70. VAN DEUSEN CLAMP. with portico, honey-board, permanent bottom-board, and ten frames. 339. The movable honey-board, between the brood- chamber and the upper stories, has been discarded of late years, the great objection to honey-boards being that the bees glue them, and build small pieces of comb or bridges, in the space between them and the frames; the jar of their break- ing, when the honey-board is removed, angering the bees. 330. The permanent bottom-board has lost favor with the great majority of bee-keepers, and is now replaced by mova- ble bottom-boards adjustable at will. The Van Deusen hive- clamp (fig. 70), is used by many Apiarists for fastening movable bottoms or additional stories. We have discarded the permanent bottom-board, owing to the difficulty of. 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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