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hung with hinges, and fastened with a small button or 
hook. Figure 27, illustrates this hive with a door 
opened. 
THE NEW QUINBY HIVE. (Fig. 28.) 
It has already been mentioned, that upon the introduc- 
tion of the hanging-frame hive, Mr. Quinby at once 
adopted it, and used it in the form herein described, with 
Fig. 28.—QUINBY HIVE, WITH FRAMES AND BOXES, 
marked success and satisfaction. Itis also well known 
that the majority of bee-keepers of the present day are 
using it in some of its forms, with excellent results. 
The late Adam Grimm, of Jefferson, Wis., used a modi- 
fication of it, arranged by himself, and known as the 
Grimm hive, and with it, achieved extraordinary success. 
This is certainly ample proof of the inherent value of 
the hanging-frame. Notwithstanding its acknowledged 
merit, and the results he had attained by its use, Mr. 
Quinby found, after patient investigation, that there 
