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Shape Of No Consequence

Categories: HIVES.
Bee Keeping: Mysteries Of Bee-keeping Explained

Boards should be selected, if possible, that will be the proper width

to make the hive about square, of the right size. Say twelve inches

square, inside, by fourteen deep. I prefer this shape to any other, yet

it is not all important. I have had some ten inches square by twenty in

length; they were awkward looking, but that was all, I could discover

no difference in their prosperity. Also, I have had them twelve inches

deep by thirteen square, with the same result. Hence, if we avoid

extremes, and give the required room, the shape can make but little

difference.



It has been recommended to plane the boards for hives, "inside and

out;" but bees, when first put into such hive, find much difficulty in

holding fast until they get their combs started, hence this trouble is

worse than useless.



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