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Henry Taylor, whose " Manual of Bee-keeping " was first published 

 in 1838, describes a frame like the cut on page 197, in which uprights 

 were used inside the hive to prevent bees from attaching combs to the 

 hive. 



Major William Augustus Munn, so well known as the author of the 

 revised edition of Dr. Bevan's book on the honey bee, as early as 1844, 

 described his box with oblong bar and frame. He invented it in 1834, 

 at twenty-four years of age, and after nine years of trial took out letters 

 patent in Paris, in 1843. This was for a box and frame similar to 

 those now in use. (See page 198. J In 1841 he described them fully in 

 a pamphlet published in London, and in 1851 it was fully exhibited at 

 the great fair in London. In 1852 Mr. Langstroth took out letters 

 patent in America, somewhat simplyfying the same principles. About 

 the same time Dzierzon, in Germany invented his new hive . Each 

 seemingly independent of the other adopted similar hives. 



Major Munn was a genial, hospitable English gentleman of intelli- 

 gence. Being an enthusiast on bee-culture, bo spent much time in 

 studying the nature and habits of bess. Like Quinby he wrote much 

 on the subject for agricultural and other papers. His most lasting work 

 is the revised edition of Dr. Bevan's great work on the honey bee — the 

 most scientific work ever written on bees in England. 



Kobert Huish, who published his book on bees in 1840 and 1844. was 

 a man of the highest culture and ability, a member of the Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences, at Gollingen, and honorary member of the Natural 

 Institute of France. He seemed to have loved bees and bee-culture, but 

 his work is interesting chiefly as illustrating the folly of theories not 

 based on close observation. His book seems to have been written mainly 

 to attack Huber and his theories. It showshow truth along will survive 



