MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 139 
to the first edition of this work, Mr. Langstroth gave a rep- 
resentation of a triple hive. The little that can be saved in 
the first cost of such hives, he found to be more than lost 
by the great inconvenience of handling them. 
MovaBLE-FRAME HIveEs. 
284. About one hundred years ago, Huber invented the 
leaf-hive, which enabled him to make his discoveries. It 
consisted of twelve frames, each an inch and a quarter in 
width, which were connected together by hinges, so that 
they could be opened or shut at pleasure, like the leaves 
of a book. 
(Fig. 53.) 
THE HUBER LEAF HIVE. 
(From Hamet.) 
285. This hive was lately improved upon by several bee- 
keepers in Europe and America, the most noted of whom 
are the late Mr. Quinby, and his son-in-law, L. C. Root, 
author and publisher of one of the most progressive bee- 
books, ‘‘ Quinby’s New Bee-keeping.”’? This style of hive 
