V 
THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. 
CHAPTER I. 
FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE INVENTION OF THE MOVABLE- 
COMB BEE-HIVE. 
Practical bee-keeping in this country is in a very 
depressed condition, being entirely neglected by the mass 
of those most favorably situated lor its pursuit. Notwith- 
standing the numerous hives which have been introduced, 
the ravages of the bee-moth have increased, and success 
is becoming more and more precarious. While multi- 
tudes have abandoned the pursuit in disgust, many even 
of the most experienced are beginning to suspect that all 
the so called “Improved Hives” are delusions or impos- 
tures ; and that they must return to the simple box or 
hollow log, and “ take up ” their bees with sulphur in the 
old-fashioned way. 
In the present state of public opinion, it requires no 
little^confidence to introduce another patent hive, and a 
new system of management ; but believing that a new 
era in bee-keeping has arrived, I invite the attention of 
Apiarians to the perusal of this Manual, trusting that it 
will convince them that there is a better way than any 
with which they have yet become acquainted. They will 
here find a clear explanation of many hitherto mysterious 
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