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As special mention is made in the same work of 

 Huber's leaf hive, and Golding's Grecian hive, as 

 well as referring the reader to Dr. Bevan's " Honey 

 Bee," for a description of all hives and boxes, it is 

 evident that the author aimed to combine the good 

 qualities of each, as well as to make new improve- 

 ments. 



LANGSTROTH HIVE. 



The Langstroth hive, like the JIuber and Munn 

 hives, is constructed on the movable comb principle ; 

 but more properly combines the oblong bar frame, as 

 originally used by Munn, with Sevan's bee-box, and 

 other additional improvements, making it more sim- 

 ple and practical than either of its predecessors. 



Plate XII, fig. 27, represents the Langstroth hive, 

 with a dead-air space between the inner and outer 

 cases ; a frame is removed, and shown separately. 



The simplest form, however, is a single case or 

 hive, without the dead-air space, made fourteen and 

 one -eighth inches wide, eighteen and one-eighth inches 

 long, and nine and seven-eighths inches high all in- 

 side measure. Ten frames, each seventeen and three- 

 eighths inches by eight and five-eighths inches, with 

 a projection of seven-eighths of an inch at each up- 

 per corner, to rest in the rabbets, are inserted into 

 each case. 



It is intended that these frames are to be made 

 " indiscriminately applicable to every box," or case. 



A honey-board, having apertures for the bees to 



