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wards, they laid two other foundations of comb upon 

 the upper parts of the cross sticks. 



u The bees now wrought upwards and downwards 

 at the same time, till the originally separate portions 

 were united and became one comb. 



" For want of proper precautions, the family per- 

 ished during the intense cold of January, 1820. 



<*0n the 25th March following, Mr. D. introduced 

 another family into the same unicomb hive ; and as 

 early as the 27th he saw the queen laying the eggs 

 of workers. This second, family found plenty of 

 honey and farina in the hive, left by its former ten- 

 ants. Other particulars, upon the same unquestiona- 

 ble authority, will be found in the chapters to which 

 they belong. 



" Huber carried the principle of these experimental 

 hives still further ; he joined several of them together 

 with hinges, which were so constructed as to admit of 

 easy removal, and as the frames, or leaves, as Huber 

 called them, were not glazed, they afforded a free 

 communication with each other. 



" It has been said that Huber borrowed from the 

 Candiotes the first idea of his leaf hive. These 

 descendants of a highly intelligent people, without 

 being aware of the principle of their proceeding, 

 continued the practice of their ingenious predeces- 

 sors in so far as simply surmounting their hives with 

 loose bars can be considered as a continuation of it ; 

 and are thereby enabled occasionally to raise artificial 

 swarms, and sometimes to practice partial depriva- 



