114 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



around by shutters, thus forming the first movable 

 frames and the first movable comb hive that was 

 known to the world as such; consequently Francis 

 Huber, of Genoa, about the beginning of the pres- 

 ent century, was the inventor of the first movable 

 comb hive ! He is justly entitled to receive the honor 

 of founding what is now known as the movable 

 comb system, which is destined to revolutionize the 

 whole business of bee-keeping. 



About the year 1820, Mr. Dunbar, a Scotch apia- 

 rian of considerable note, improved the Huber frame 

 and hive. A few years later, it was still further im- 

 proved by Mr. Golding, an Engish apiarian, and co- 

 temporary of the celebrated Dr. E. Bevan, who wrote 

 a valuable book on bees. This style of hives has 

 been used to some extent in England from that time 

 up to the present. We also learn, that in Germany 

 the slat hives, or movable bar hives, were in use at a 

 very early period ; and that a German apiarian, 

 named Dzierzon, invented and used a frame suspended 

 in a hive or box, many years ago. Last fall I saw 

 some of these frames and a hive that were brought 

 directly from Germany, with a. colony of Italian bees. 

 In shape and construction they are almost identical 

 with those known as the Langstroth frames. 



Strange as it may appear, but little effort was 

 made to introduce either the system or the movable 

 comb hive (or rather leaf hive, as it was then called), 

 into the United States until within the last ten years. 



Mr. Langstroth claims to be the original inventor 

 of movable frames, for managing and controlling 



