. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 214 THE BEE-KEEPER S GUIDE frame, but the Simplicitv-Laagstroth. This style, one-story, is designed for securing- comb honey, while the two-story (Fig-. 84) is intended for use in obtaining extracted honey. Figure 87 represents a two-story Simplicity-Langstroth hive with Gallup frame; which is 11 j^ inches square. This hive is pre- ferred by G. M. Doolittle. I have used it more than any other, and it has much to recommend it. The Simplicity feature invented by A. I. Root, I think, consists of a bevel union of hive with cover and bottom
. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 214 THE BEE-KEEPER S GUIDE frame, but the Simplicitv-Laagstroth. This style, one-story, is designed for securing- comb honey, while the two-story (Fig-. 84) is intended for use in obtaining extracted honey. Figure 87 represents a two-story Simplicity-Langstroth hive with Gallup frame; which is 11 j^ inches square. This hive is pre- ferred by G. M. Doolittle. I have used it more than any other, and it has much to recommend it. The Simplicity feature invented by A. I. Root, I think, consists of a bevel union of hive with cover and bottom-board (Fig. 87). I think Mr. Root prefers this style no longer. Any Langstroth hive, with what- FiG. Jones'' Chaff-JJive. Frame, Frame for HcctioiiS, Div'tsiun-Board and Perfor- afed-Zinc Division-Board.—From D, A. Jones. ever frame, with these bevel connections is a Simplicity hive. This hive can be used to secure either comb or extracted honey. The bottom-board, d, and the alighting-board, e, may be separate from each other and from the hive ; the opening may be made by cutting a V-shaped space in the bottom-board, while the cover, a, may or may not be hinged to the upper story. Mr. Root, in the original Simplicity, used the cover as a bottom-board, and formed an entrance by pushing the hive a little to one side. Many prefer to have the cover with a gable (Fig. 88), so made as to join the hive with a rabbet (Fig. 86 and 88), or to shut over the hive and rest on shoulders formed by. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago : York
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