Excerpt from A Manual, or an Easy Method of Managing Bees, in the Most Profitable Manner to Their Owner: With Infallible Rules to Prevent Their Destruction by the Moth The size of a hive should be in accordance with the strictest rules of economy, and adap ted to the peculiar nature and economy of the honey-bee, in order to make them profitable to their owner. The lower apartment of the hive, where they store their food, raise their young bees, and perform their ordinary labors, should hold' as much as a box thirteen inches and one half or fourteen inches square in the clear or area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.