174 Movable Comb Hives. 
the honey, by introducing queens, and by many other 
manipulations to be explained, which are only practicable 
with a movable comb hive. 
MOVABLE 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 our most intelligent, 
successful, and extensive apiarists. Each, too, has been 
superseded by the other, to the satisfaction of the person 
making the change. The kind most used consists of a box, 
Fig. 57. 
The Munn Hive, 
in which hang the frames which hold the combs. The 
adjacent frames are so far separated that the combs, which 
just fill them, shall be the proper distance apart. In the 
other kind, the ends of the frames are wider than the 
comb, and when in position are close together, and of 
themselves form two -sides of a box. When in ‘use these 
