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The Huber Hive. 



COVER FOK 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 ca^e. From September to June, 

 in the cold northern climate apiece 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 hive§ 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, onl3' differing 



