. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. LMTOMOIOGY. VOL. 11, FLINT, MICMM, JMAEY 10, 1889. NO. 1. Different Hives for Different Purposes; The Best Hive for Financial Honey Producers, For Wintering Bees, and for Summer Management; A Most Compre- hensive Article. K. li. TAYIiOK. 'IVES must vary to meet the demand of various methods; and, as the meth- ods of scarcely two honey producers are alike in all respects, it follows naturally that honey producers differ greatly in their ideas respecting the charactei-istics of the "best" hive. So, when one sets down a certain hive as the one to
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. LMTOMOIOGY. VOL. 11, FLINT, MICMM, JMAEY 10, 1889. NO. 1. Different Hives for Different Purposes; The Best Hive for Financial Honey Producers, For Wintering Bees, and for Summer Management; A Most Compre- hensive Article. K. li. TAYIiOK. 'IVES must vary to meet the demand of various methods; and, as the meth- ods of scarcely two honey producers are alike in all respects, it follows naturally that honey producers differ greatly in their ideas respecting the charactei-istics of the "best" hive. So, when one sets down a certain hive as the one to be preferred above all others, in order to judge of the val- idity of his claim, it is necessary to know for what purpose he wants the hive and how the necessities of his circumstances require him to handle it. Therefore, when I point out what seems to me to be the requirements of the best hive, I wish to be understood as giv- ing ray judgement in reference to those only who are in somewhat similar circumstances with myself. I pursue the business of honey production for financial profit. I keep a considerable number of colonies, so that, even with the hive that gathers the least pro- polis, and that requires the least handling of frames and dummies and other "convenien- cies," I have sufficient scraping of bee-glue. handling of frames, etc., to do, so that it is not necessary for me to adopt a hive that gathers more bee-glue, or requires more handling of frames, merely because it is a Eleasure to do that kind of work, as I already ave a chance for all that kind of enjoyment that I have time for. Again, if. like the ma- jority of so-called bee-keepers. I never made any pretence of intelligent management, never peeping into a hive except to ascer- tain if the colony were still alive, and only puttir g on and taking off boxes by guess, I should say that any kind of a hive was quite good enough. So, also, if it were my busi- ness to rear queens, or bees, or both queens an
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