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their combs, and especially queenless ones, are most ex- 
posed to the moth; and old black comb is more liable to 
be destoryed than new. 
The removal of the moth gallery by the bees subjects 
them to great labor and much loss of time, which the use 
of movable frames will entirely obviate, as they will ena- 
ble the bee-keeper to inspect the combs at any time, and 
remove the worms and any portion of the comb occupied 
by their gallery ; or give any other relief that the swarm 
may need. Hence writers on bees are agreed as to the 
necessity of using movable frames, as a means to suc- 
cessful bee-keeping. The only open question in the mat- 
ter is, the style of frames and the manner of using them. 
There should be as little contact of surfaces inside the 
hive as possible: hence it is obvious that the frame which 
has the least bearing in the hive, and makes the least 
crevice inaccessible to the bees, is the best for this pur- 
pose. Some inventors of hives are aware of this; and 
one of them says that in his hive, such a place is found 
only “ where the frames hang in the rabbets.” 
My hive is so constructed that no crevice is found in 
its interior in which the miller may deposit her eggs be- 
yond the reach of the bees, not even where the frames 
touch the hive. 
There is no “ moth-proof” hive, and cannot be ; for the 
reason that the miller will go anywhere that a bee can. 
Many ingenious devices have been invented for excluding 
them. For example: <A “pedal” is fitted in the en- 
trance intended to be operated by the weight of the bee, 
but so nicely adjusted that the lighter body of the miller 
will not open it. Beautiful in theory, but worthless in 
practice ; for the reasons, that in hot weather the bees 
