. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. MOV.\BLE-PRAME HIVES. 141 taken out. This hive cannot furnish the surplus honey in a form the most salable hi our markets, or admitting of safe transportation in the comb. Notwithstanding these disad- vantages, it has achieved a great triumph in Germany, and given a new impulse to the cultivation of bees. Movable-Frame Hives. 384. About one hundred years ago, Huber invented the leaf-hive, which enabled him to make his discoveries. It con- sisted of twelve frames, each an inch and a quarter in width,. Fig. 58. THE HUBER LflAF HIVE. which were connec
. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. MOV.\BLE-PRAME HIVES. 141 taken out. This hive cannot furnish the surplus honey in a form the most salable hi our markets, or admitting of safe transportation in the comb. Notwithstanding these disad- vantages, it has achieved a great triumph in Germany, and given a new impulse to the cultivation of bees. Movable-Frame Hives. 384. About one hundred years ago, Huber invented the leaf-hive, which enabled him to make his discoveries. It con- sisted of twelve frames, each an inch and a quarter in width,. Fig. 58. THE HUBER LflAF HIVE. which were connected- together by hinges, so that they could be opened or shut at pleasure, like the leaves of a book. 385. This hive was improved upon by several bee-keepers in Europe and America, the most noted of whom were Quinby, and his son-in-law, L. C. Root, author and publisher of "Quiaby's New ; This style of hive is generally known as the closed-end standing-frame hive. The reader will understand that, in these hives, the combs hang separately in frames, which, when joined together, make a body, enclosed in an outer covering. Their being used by a number of. 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, Charles, 1817-1902; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. : Dadant
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