A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive / With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year

Ipsa autem, seu corticibus tibi suta cavatis,
Seu lento fuerint alvearia vimine texta,
Angustos habeant aditus; nam frigore mella
Cogit hiems, eademque calor liquefacta remittit.
Virgil, G. lib. iv.
LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. M.DCCC.XLIV.

London Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley, Bangor House, Shoe Lane.


Having been frequently requested to explain the use of the bar-and-frame-hive , in the management of bees, I have been induced to print the following pamphlet, to point out the advantages this new hive possesses over the common ones.