. Gleanings in bee culture . rtain things contrary tonature, we can not interfere with her planin the arrangement of the combs. BEE-KEEPING AS A HOBBY, An Explanation of the Various Parts of a Hivefor the Benefit of the Beginner. BY F. DUNDAS TODD. The beginner in bee-keeping ought at thevery start to get acquainted with the partsof a hive. If he be like the writer at theoutset of his bee-keeping career the novicemay assume that the structure in which thebees are housed is a solid piece of carpentry;but he will be greatly mistaken, for it con-sists of about a dozen movable pieces, whichnumber
. Gleanings in bee culture . rtain things contrary tonature, we can not interfere with her planin the arrangement of the combs. BEE-KEEPING AS A HOBBY, An Explanation of the Various Parts of a Hivefor the Benefit of the Beginner. BY F. DUNDAS TODD. The beginner in bee-keeping ought at thevery start to get acquainted with the partsof a hive. If he be like the writer at theoutset of his bee-keeping career the novicemay assume that the structure in which thebees are housed is a solid piece of carpentry;but he will be greatly mistaken, for it con-sists of about a dozen movable pieces, whichnumber is greatly increased in the activemonths of the year — June, July, and Au-gust. THE LANGSTROTH HIVE. We will, therefore, begin by studying ahive as it appears on the stand. Fig. 1 maybe taken as a type of the average hive incommon use in this country to-day, thoughthere are, of course, other styles; but thebee-keeping world as a whole has settleddown to using what is known as a Lang-stroth hive, though generally called the. FIG. 1. Dovetailed in catalogs. Now, if we look atit even casually we see that, like a dwell-ing-house, it has a roof, side walls, and afoundation. These three are definite, dis-tinct parts, and are essential features of ev-ery modern hive. If j^ou take hold of theroof you will find it to be removable, some-times with a little difficulty, for the beeshave a habit of fastening the roof to thdwalls with a special kind of glue that isvery adhesive. In bee-keepers language the roof of the bee-house is known as thecover. The four perpendicular walls inclose theliving-room of the hive, which is also atonce pantry, kitchen, dining-room, bed-room, and nursery; for a wonderful series ofoperations is going on in this little homeall at one time. But the modern bee-keep-er, although he knows full well the manyphases of its interesting life, has come to as-sociate it with the raising of the family, sohe usually speaks of it as the brood-cham-ber. It is also known as th
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