. The honey bee. Bees. 1388 Depaetment of Ageicultuee. Fig. 39. Standard ten-frame Lang- stroth hive for extracted honey The Langstroth liive is standard and may 'be ob- tained from nearly all supply dealers at all times, which is a great advantage when the apiar- ist desires to purchase, raither than build his own hives. By buying in quantities, in the flat, the price is moderate. This hive is built in two sizes generally, for eight and ten frames. Many beekeepers heretofore have used the eight-frame size for the production of comb honey and the ten-frame size for ex- tracted. Experience has
. The honey bee. Bees. 1388 Depaetment of Ageicultuee. Fig. 39. Standard ten-frame Lang- stroth hive for extracted honey The Langstroth liive is standard and may 'be ob- tained from nearly all supply dealers at all times, which is a great advantage when the apiar- ist desires to purchase, raither than build his own hives. By buying in quantities, in the flat, the price is moderate. This hive is built in two sizes generally, for eight and ten frames. Many beekeepers heretofore have used the eight-frame size for the production of comb honey and the ten-frame size for ex- tracted. Experience has shown that the ten-frame size is the best for an all purpose hive. When run for extracted honey they can be tiered up several stories high if necessary, and will be more stable than a narrower hive, which would need tiering higher to contain the same space. The large size of the brood chamber tends to discourage swarming, when the queen is kept below by an excluder; also more honey is likely to be stored there than in one of smaller size, which necessitates less feeding for winter stores. Mr. James McNeill of Hudson, N. Y., and Mr. E. F. Holtermann of Canada, extensive producers of extracted honey, use and prefer a hive and super holding twelve Lang- stroth frames. There are advantages in having the brood cham- ber and super of the same size as they are then in- terchangeable and may be used for either purpose. However, for those who consider the full-depth super too heavy to handle conveniently when filled with hoBey, the half- depth super may be 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 Wright, Wheeler Dennison. [Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, printers
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