MOVABLE-rRAME HIVES. 



147 



with the Langstrothhive, now recognize that success is prin- 

 cipally diie to the manipulations that it permits. 



296. Nay, if the student will but refer to a former edition 



Fig. 62. 



THE GKAVENHOEST HIVE. 



(From the "Jllustrierte Bienenzettung.") 



Fig. 63. 



OLD STANDARD LANGSTEOTH FRAME. 



of this very book (1859), the first words of it will show him 

 the progress accomplished since then: 



"Practical bee-keeping in this country is in a very depressed 

 condition, being entirely neglected by the mass of those most 



