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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



Those cuts illustrate the various improvements in movable framos, from 

 the time of their invention. No. 1 is the Huber Frame, which was invented 

 and used by Francis Hubor, of Genoa, as early as 1795. This is unques- 

 tionably tbe original movable frame. No. 2 is the Frame as improved by the 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth. The principal difference is in the mode of using it, 

 being suspended by a projection of the top pioce. No. 3 is the Sectional or 

 Adjustable Frame, as patented by J. S. Harbison. It differs from those that 

 proceded it, in its construction and adjustment to preserve the proper spaces, 

 and retain them firmlv in their place. 



LANGSTROTIl's HIVE. 



The hives known as Langstroth's Movable Comb 

 Hive, and Harbison's Improved Movable and Ad- 

 justable Comb Hive, are perhaps better known to 

 the public than any others of a similar kind, whilst 



