. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. HIVES. IS7 by Tegetmeier, in i860. Mr. Woodbury, to whom reference has been already made more than once, afterwards brought out the frame-hive which met. Fig. 48.—The Woodbury Hive. with the first general acceptance by apiarians in this country. As originally made, it consisted of a wooden box, \\\ inches square on the inside, and 9 inches deep. Fig.'49.—^Woodbury Straw Bak-Frame. Hive. The frames were ten in number, each 13 inches long by 7J inches high. The ends projected, and fitted into notches at the back and front; but this arrange-


. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. HIVES. IS7 by Tegetmeier, in i860. Mr. Woodbury, to whom reference has been already made more than once, afterwards brought out the frame-hive which met. Fig. 48.—The Woodbury Hive. with the first general acceptance by apiarians in this country. As originally made, it consisted of a wooden box, \\\ inches square on the inside, and 9 inches deep. Fig.'49.—^Woodbury Straw Bak-Frame. Hive. The frames were ten in number, each 13 inches long by 7J inches high. The ends projected, and fitted into notches at the back and front; but this arrange- ment was found to be objectionable, from the secure manner in which the bees were able to glue them down with propolis. As facility of lifting without. 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society


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