MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 141 
the progress of bee-keeping in Europe, through its French, 
Italian, Swiss, and German bee-papers, for twenty years 
past. 
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Fig. “BA 
ORIGINAL LANGSTROTH HIVE. 
b,b, front and rear of hive; d,d, pieces forming the rabbets for the frames 
to rest upon; ¢,c, sides of hive; f, movable cover; u,u,t, movable frame. 
288. Mr. Langstroth, however, modestly disclaimed the 
idea of having attained perfection in his hive. He wrote: 
“Having carefully studied the nature of the honey-bee, for 
many years, and compared my observations with those of writ- 
ers and cultivators who have spent their lives in extending the 
