Still  photo  of an open  ruche , with odd borders at top and bottom. There was much scientific improvement in the design of  ruches , etc., in the generation before the events of this portion of our narrative, but in these early decades of the 20th century (our current present here, at this  page ) there were still many nascent opportunities for an advanced mind ready to appropriate the newest manufacturing technologies of the  jour  for the uses of the bee-trade... for instance, the honeycombed  aluminium  grill of a Peugeot automobile on the roads of France (glimpsed at the sight of an auto-accident?) could give the open minded inquirer inspiration to attempt the commercial manufacture and sale of eternal  aluminium  combs to the  ruche  trade.     Si l'expérience s'avérait positive, il remplacerait tout l'élevage.