198 The Huber Hive. 
COVER FOR FRAMES. 
As before stated a board covers the hive all through the 
honey season. This rests upon the upper story of the hive 
or upon the upper section case. From September to June, 
in the cold northern climate a piece of thick factory should 
rest on the frames as before stated. This is just the size 
of the hive and when properly adjusted no bee can pass 
above it. By cutting on three sides of an inch square, 
we form a flap in this cloth which may be turned back to 
permit the bees to enter the feeder, when feeding is desired. 
In fall, winter and spring, a section case left on the hive 
and filled with fine sawdust or chaff is a most desirable 
substitute for a heavy, awkward.Chaff hive. Dr. Miller 
covers the year through with a cloth cover. 
THE HUBER HIVE. 
The other type of hives originated when Huber hinged 
several of his leaf or unicomb hives together so that the 
frames would open like the leaves of a book. In August, 
1779, Huber wrote to Bonnet as follows: “I took several 
small fir boxes, a foot square and fifteen lines wide, and 
joined them together by hinges, so that they could be 
opened and shut like the leaves of a book. When using a 
hive of this description, we took care to fix a comb in each 
frame, and then introduced all the bees.” (Edinburgh 
edition of Huber, p. 4.) Although Morlot and others 
attempted to improve this hive, it never gained favor with 
practical apiarists. 
In 1866, Mr. T. F. Bingham, then of New York, 
improved upon the Huber hive, securing a patent on his 
triangular frame hive. This, so far as I can judge, was 
the Huber hive made practical. Mr. Bingham now uses 
a modification of this hive (Fig. 73). 
In 1868, Mr. M. S. Snow, then of New York, now of 
Minnesota, procured a patent on his hive, which was 
essentially the same as the hives now known as the 
Quinby and Bingham hives. 
Soon after, the late Mr. Quinby brought forth his hive, 
which is essentially the same as the above, only differing 
