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DESCRIPTION OF THE HIVE OF HUBER. 



to the end. They are driven under 

 the iron pin, which they close upon 

 until the whole be solidly united. 

 The entrances of the bees, which 

 are at the bottom of the leaves in 

 the great front, are reduced to a 

 single one a, at the bottom of one 

 of the little sides, cut out of the 

 thickness of the foundation board, 



j with a small projecting plank for 



j the bees to alight upon. 



In order 



to determine the bees to work on the plane of each leaf, 

 Mr. Huber places at the top of each leaf a small piece of 



comb ; but this act we consider to be perfectly superfluous, 

 for the bees appear to possess such a spirit of independence, 

 that they will not be controlled nor taught as to the manner 

 in which they shall construct their combs, nor did we ever 

 experience that they paid the slightest attention to the comb 

 which has been presented to them as a guide. 



Mr. Huber adds to his hive a covering composed of three 

 pieces, two of which are placed on the side of the cross bars, 

 and the third in the manner of a roof, which rests on those 

 two pieces, and is intended for those hives that are exposed 

 to the open air. 



