The Life of the Bee 
may be found therein, a few incomplete 
truths; though since his time considerable 
additions have been made to the micro- 
graphy and practical culture of bees, the 
handling of queens, &c., there is not a 
single one of his principal statements that 
has been disproved or discovered in error; 
and in our actual experience they stand un- 
touched and, indeed, at its very foundation. 
2 
Some years of silence followed these re- 
velations; but soon a German clergyman,. 
Dzierzon, discovered parthenogenesis, i.e. 
the virginal parturition of queens, and con- 
trived the first hive with movable combs, 
thereby enabling the bee-keeper henceforth 
to take his share of the harvest of honey 
without being forced to destroy his best 
colonies, and in one instant annihilate the 
work of an entire year. This hive, still very 
imperfect, received masterly improvement 
at the hands of Langstroth, who invented 
the movable frame properly so called, 
which has been adopted in America with 
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