"The use of the Huber hive had satisfied me, that with proper precautions the combs might be removed without enraging the bees, and that these insects were capable of being tamed to a surprising degree. Without knowledge of these facts, I should have regarded a hive permitting the removal of the combs, as quite too dangerous for practical use."
- L.L. Langstroth inLangstroth on the Honey-Bee, 1860.
"...the chief peculiarity in my hive was the facility with which they could be removed without enraging the bees .... I could dispense with natural swarming, and yet multiply colonies with greater rapidity and certainly than by the common methods .... feeble colonies could be strengthened, and those which had lost their queen furnished with the means of obtaining another. .... If I suspected that any thing was wrong with a hive, I could quickly ascertain its true condition, and apply the proper remedies."
- L.L. Langstroth inLangstroth on the Honey-Bee, 1860.
