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HIVES. 
ented Oct. 10, 1865, originated from a discovery deduced from 
carefully-conducted experiments, which seems destined to revolu- 
tionize all other systems of bee- 
keeping. This discovery clearly 
reveals the cause of the imperfec- 
tion which has heretofore existed in 
all movable-comb hives, (our own 
not excepted.) But our latest im 
provements completely remedy thesf 
defects, and, considering the pasr 
popularity of the hive, place it? 
future supremacy beyond question. 
It could hardly be expected that 
perfection would be reached in 
the first movable-comb hive 
invented in this country. On 
§PF the contrary, we have demon- 
strated by close observation and careful experiment that the veiy 
point now claimed by the inventor, viz. : the shallow space 
between and above the top-bars of the frames, is the direct 
cause of a great waste of animal heat, requiring an increased 
consumption of honey in winter, besides retarding early breed- 
ing in spring, and frequently entirely preventing a commence- 
ment being made in the surplus honey boxes. The impor- 
tance of obviating these defects, will be understood, when we 
consider : 
1st. That a stock of bees is often lost in winter or early 
spring, for want of a very few pounds of honey. 
