2. Straw.—The figure overleaf exhibits "Neighbours' New Straw Frame Hive," with super attached. It is of exactly the same size and construction as the foregoing. There is a straw crown-board with feeding-hole in the centre, and two slits of zinc with queen-preventing openings as above. The supers of the straw hive are made of its own material, but have three windows instead of one. The advantages of straw for hives are described under the Woodbury straw hive, above.
3. Glass.—A representation of this same hive in glass, with its super, is given inside the opened cover figured on [page 177]. Nothing need be added here, as the construction is the same with that of the wood hive. See the description of the Woodbury glass hive in the previous section for general remarks upon hives of that material.
§ XI. NEIGHBOURS' COTTAGER'S FRAME HIVE.
This is a simpler and less expensive hive than the one just described, being without windows or a dummy, and with wooden crown and floor boards. In other respects it is the same, and is thus suitable for persons with small means, or who may wish to purchase in large numbers. Almost any kind of super may be adjusted to this hive, but those specially adapted are the frame super and our divisional and sectional supers, for all of which see the article on "Supers" ([Chap. IV. § vi.]). To admit of their addition the crown-board must be removed, and a zinc adapter with queen-preventing openings substituted.
§ XII. THE PHILADELPHIA FRAME HIVE.
Our frame hives hitherto described have facilities for extracting the movable combs at the roof of the hive; with the present one the frames are drawn out at the sides as well as above. This is manifestly a great convenience, as it obviates the necessity of removing the supers when an examination of the combs is required to be made in the midst of the working season. The hive, cover, and stand are all in one, and the side-flap falls down, as it does in the cover shown on [page 175], and the loose glazed side, by removal, serves as a dummy, allowing each comb to be withdrawn without risk of scraping the next. The cover, it will be seen, opens at one side, as does the stock hive. The floor-board draws out on the plan adopted by Mr. Cheshire.
There is a straw crown-board with a feeding-hole, which in summer is replaced by a queen-preventing zinc adapter perforated all over with circular holes too narrow to admit the queen or drones. The whole space over the frames is then covered with our small sectional supers ([Chap. IV. § vi.]), which, by means of the numerous perforations, are completely seasoned to the bees' taste with the same scent as the hive itself. The hive with its cover is complete without any further protection from the weather, and it carries its own stand. It was very highly commended at the Alexandra Palace Bee Show.