BEE MANUAL. 111 
Ci ee Pirin VI: 
HIVES, FRAMES, AND SECTION BOXES. 
AMONG all the aids to improved apiculture which have been 
invented within the last thirty-five years, the movable comb- 
hive stands first in importance. The most advanced improve- 
ments in our system of working are traceable back to, and are 
the result of, this invention. Although the honey-extractor 
and comb-foundation are invaluable helps which no one can 
now afford to dispense with, they could not be made use of 
without the movable comb-hive. Thirty-five years ago the 
Fig, 37,_MOVABLE COMB-HIVE. 
average bee-keeper knew little or nothing of the internal eco- 
nomy of the hive, as compared with the degree of knowledge 
which the merest tyro can now acquire before even commencing 
to practise. Although Huber had shown, nearly a hundred 
years ago, how to obtain control of the combs to a certain 
extent, and especially for purposes of observation, yet his 
‘leaf or book-hive” was impracticable in the hands of an 
