MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 



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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 54 



ORIGINAL LANGSTKOTH HIVE. 



6,6, front and rear of hive; ri,d, pieces formiag the rabbets for the frames 

 to rest upon; c,(;, sldea of hiTe; ^ movable cover; !j,u,<, movable frame. 



2SS. 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 



