. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. FIG. 2.—HUBEK's leaf hive, 1789.—from CHEsniKE. the use of these that he was able to make the discoveries in apiculture which so aston- ished and delighted the scientific world. Huber invented these hives about 1789, or perhaps a little earlier. Fig. 2. It has been contended by some writers that Ruber's hive was not practical; but some of the most It is very evident from this that TTuber in- vented some of the principal features of o
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. FIG. 2.—HUBEK's leaf hive, 1789.—from CHEsniKE. the use of these that he was able to make the discoveries in apiculture which so aston- ished and delighted the scientific world. Huber invented these hives about 1789, or perhaps a little earlier. Fig. 2. It has been contended by some writers that Ruber's hive was not practical; but some of the most It is very evident from this that TTuber in- vented some of the principal features of our movable-comb hives. The Ileddon and Bingham hives are on the Huber plan. About 1819 Mr. Robert Kerr, of Stevvait Town, Scotland, invented a bar liive of con- siderable merit, shown in Fig. 4. This hive. -UUBEK HIVE, SHOWING HOW HE AKTIFICIALLV IXCKEAiSED THE XUMBEK OF HIS COLONIES. E, E, E, ARE ENTRANCE-HOLES.—FROM CHESHIRE. practical beekeepers the world has yet pro- duced used modified Huber hives, notably Quinby and Iletherington, bee-keepers of New York State, whose names are revered by American bee keepers. * This honor is usually ascribed to Langstroth, for, indeed, he was the first one to invent an all-round practical hive and frame — a frame that providPd a bee-space all around it: but. strictly speakintf, he did not invent the first movable frame. was used very successfully, and is still, but with movable frames instead of mere bars. It was still further improved by IIo- watson, also of Scotland, about 182-5. The Stewarton hive looks outside not un- like our modern improved dovetailed Lang- stroth hives. Here we liave the tiering principle clearly coniitrehended; and had this author and inventor grasped the idea. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 183
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