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THB bee-keeper's guide; 



sive mistake which I have no right to encourage, in fact, am 

 bound to discourage, not only for the benefit of individuals, 

 but also for the art itself. 



To be sure of success, the apiarist must be able to inspect 

 the whole interior of the hive at his pleasure, must be able to 



Fig. 82. 



The Manii Hluc^ after 3Iu?ui. 



exchange combs from one hive to another, and to regulate the 

 movements of the bees — by destroying queen-cells, by giving 

 or withholding drone-comb, by extracting the honey, by intro- 

 ducing queens, and by many other manipulations to be ex- 

 plained, which are only practicable with a movable-comb hive. 



MOVABI.B-COMB HIVES. 



There are, at present, two types of the movable-comb hive 

 in use among us, each of which is unquestionably valuable, as 

 each has advocates among ourmost intelligent, successful, and 

 extensive apiarists. Each, too, has been super-seded by the 

 other, to the satisfaction of the person making the change. 



