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HIVES. 
simplified the construction of the bar and frame hive, by forming 
the oblong bar-frames into triangular 
frames, and making them lift out at the 
top instead of the back of the bee-box.” 
M. Debeauvoy published the second edi- 
tion of his “Guide del Apiculteur,” as 
early as 1847, in which he describes his 
io. obiong Munn Fmm«. movable frames with narrow tops and side 
bars, the tops fitting closely to the honey-board above, and the 
sides to the walls of the hive. In 1851, he published his third 
edition in Paris, in which he describes his new frames, having 
their sides at suitable distances from the bottom and walls of the 
hive, with the tops fitting closely together, but still in connection 
with a honey-board above the top bars. Thus, movable-comb 
frames were much improved and used in many parts of Europe, 
by Huber, Debeauvoy, Munn, Taylor, Bevan, Golding, Huish, 
Dzierzon and others, while the “brimstone match” bore sway 
in America. But, the key to successful bee-keeping once found, 
nothing could stop its progress. The bounds of the Atlantic 
were passed, and many in our country became acquainted with 
Huber’s “ Leaf Hive ” and movable-comb system. 
THE MANNER OF REMOVING THE FRAMES. 
Hives, in which the frames must be lifted out at the top, are 
necessarily very shallow, to facilitate the removal of the frames, 
and lessen the danger of their swinging together at the bottom. 
Mr. Langstroth, although preferring deeper frames, if his objec- 
tions could be overcome, gives the following reasons for having 
