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Baron Von BerlepscH at first violently opposed the theories of Dxierzon, 

 but having by experiment proven their truth, he became their warmest 

 advocate. His name is associated with his movable frame hive in Ger- 

 many, which was suggested to him on seeing that used by Dzierzon, in 

 1838. It was invented and used from 1840 to 1845, when he greatly 

 improved it by leaving space between the frames and the walls of the 



BARON VON BERLEPSCH. 



hive, to prevent the bees from gluing them fast. They were in all 

 respects the same as the majority of frames now in use, and above the 

 frames this hive had an air space, and above this, a perforated top 

 with surplus honey receptacles. He used this till 1850, when he added 

 side projections to the frames, and described the sanio in the Bienen- 



