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On Rational Bee-Keeping, 
As we said before, we admit that rational 
bee-keeping may be carried on with every kind 
of hive ; but the system which we have adopted 
offers a more certain return, and a facility for 
carrying out each operation, which the best kind 
of hive on the old principle does not afford. 
We think it well, therefore, to repeat what we 
said in a conversation we had with M. Bastian, 
when discussing the meeting at Weinfelden : 
‘‘ Hives on the old principle, though not all pre- 
senting the same drawbacks, remain as a sealed 
book for the bee-master, whereas hives with 
moveable bars are like a book with its pages 
open. With these latter he will learn more 
in a year than he would in a lifetime with the 
former.’* 
