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Moth and miller trap

Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive showing a front elevation with hinged door and legs, a cross-section revealing internal honey frames and an inclined bee-landing board, and a top plan view with the cover removed exposing rows of frames.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESCaleb E. Bost · April 18, 1876

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