MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 



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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 Hives. 



284. About one hundred years ago, Hubcr 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. 63.) 

 THB HUBBR 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 



