MOVABLE-FR A JI K HIVES. 



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ceiving both myself and others, add another to the useless con- 

 trivances which have deluded and disgusted a too credulous 

 public. I would, however, utterly repudiate all claims to hav- 



Fig, 59. 



ORIGINAL LANGSTHOTH HIVE. 



b^b, front and rear of hive ; d,d, pieces forming the rabbets for the 

 frames to rest upon ; c,c, sides of hive ; /, movable cover ; u,u,t, movable 

 frame. 



ing- devised even a perfect bee-hive. Perfection belongs only 

 to the works of Him, to whose omniscient eye were present all 

 causes and effects, with all their relations, when He spake, and 

 from nothing formed the Universe. For man to stamp the label 

 of perfection upon any work of his own, is to show both hia 

 folly and presumption. ' ' 



