I perceived, however, that one thing was _yet_ wanting. The _cutting_ of the combs from their attachments to the _sides_ of the hive, in order to remove them, was attended with much loss of _time_ to myself and to the bees, and in order to _facilitate_ this operation, the construction of my hive was necessarily _complicated_. This led me to invent a method by which the combs were attached to MOVABLE FRAMES, and suspended in the hives, _so as to touch neither the top, bottom, nor sides_. By this device, I was able to remove the combs at pleasure, and if desired, I could speedily transfer them, bees and all, _without any cutting_, to another hive. I have experimented largely with hives of this construction, and find that they answer most admirably, all the ends proposed in their invention. While experimenting in the summer of 1851, with some observing hives of a peculiar construction, I discovered that bees could be made to work in glass hives, _exposed to the full light of day_. The notice, in a Philadelphia newspaper, of this discovery, procured me the pleasure of an acquaintance with Rev. Dr. Berg, pastor of a Dutch Reformed church in that city. From him, I first learned that a Prussian clergyman, of the name of Dzierzon, (pronounced Tseertsone,) had attracted the attention of crowned heads, by his important discoveries in the management of bees. Before he communicated the particulars of these discoveries, I explained to Dr. Berg, my system of management, and showed him my hive. He expressed the greatest astonishment at the wonderful similarity in our methods of management, both of us having carried on our investigations without the slightest knowledge of each other's labors. Our hives, he found to differ in some very important respects. In the Dzierzon hive, the combs are not attached to _movable frames_, but to _bars_, so that they cannot, _without cutting_, be removed from the hive. In my hive, which is opened _from the top_, any comb may be taken out, without at all disturbing the others; whereas, in the Dzierzon hive, which is opened from one of the ends, it is often necessary to _cut_ and _remove many_ combs, in order to get access to a particular one; thus, if the _tenth_ comb from the end is to be removed, _nine_ combs must be first _cut and taken out_. All this consumes a large amount of time. The German hive does not furnish the surplus honey in a form which would be found most salable in our markets, or which would admit of safe transportation in the comb. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, it has achieved a _great triumph_ in Germany, and given a _new impulse_ to the cultivation of bees. The following letter from Samuel Wagner, Esq., cashier of the bank in York, Pennsylvania, will show the results which have been obtained in Germany, by the new system of management, and his estimate of the superior value of my hive to those in use there. YORK, PA., DEC. 24, 1852. DEAR SIR,