FRAMES TO MANIPl'LAT 



FRAMES, TO MANIPULATE. 



lives, sitting down on the 

 1 live-cover or hive-stool, lie 

 linds it convenient to vary oc- 

 casionally the position by rest- 

 ing on the knees close to the 

 hive; and still again he may 

 tind it comfortable to vary 

 the monotony by standing up- 

 right, bending over only wl en 

 it is necessary to remove a 

 frame. 



b'n;. ii. Making- a ,:;ap linwrrii lli 



I'nimts so tliai vue. van be 



easily removed. 



front of the hive, to bring him- 

 self to the proper working dis- 

 tance. We usually use a hive- 

 cover as shown in Figs, ti, 7, 8, 

 !>. It is alw ays handy, and has 

 the furtlier advantage of :i 

 milk - stool in tliat one can 

 shift his body back and fortli 

 on the hive-cover in order to 

 reach frames toward the near Fm. 7. 

 or far side of the liive, as the 

 case may be. A seat that 

 does not allow one to shift his bo.ly back 

 and forth, necessarily requires more stooi - 

 iiig or bending of the back. 



Occasionally it will be found desirable to 

 turn the cover up lengthwise, and we always 

 use it in that manner when we desire to 

 place the weight of the body against the 

 frame that we are crowding over against its 

 fellow's. See Fig. N. In pulling out a di- 

 vision-board, one has a little more leverage 

 if he sits high rather than low. See Fig. 9. 

 Hut if he merely wishes to separate the 

 Iranies, then spend several minutes Inniting 

 for the (pieen or looking over the brood, as 

 shown in Fig. 7, one slioidd sit on the narrow 

 side rather than on tlie end. In this the op- ' work, as seen in Fig. 7, always holding the 

 crator assumes a very natural, easy, and ; frame in such a way that the sunlight will 

 comfortable position. The left arm rests strike it squarely. In looking for eggs this 

 upcu the knee, supporting the weight of the is very important, especially if the operator 

 frame, while the right aim merely holds it in is getting toward the shady side of life when 

 a itositiou for examination. eyesight is not at its best. 



A change of position is often restful. Af- Where one is working over bees day after 

 ter one has been working over a number of day, a special hive-seat is a great conven- 



\ comfortable posiiiou lor aUda.N work. Kote thai the left 

 urm that supports the woiu:lit of the frames 

 rests comfortably 011 the kuee. 



Perba: s it may seem that the operator in 

 Fig !) is taking things easy. There are limes 

 when oily (lie hand can do good work. If 

 one can assume a comfortable attitude, even 

 though it be only momentary, he ought to 

 do so. 



"We are well aware that some of our ajtia- 

 risls will say they have no time to sit down, 

 much less ''loaf on the job,'' as might aji- 

 pear in Fig. (i. It is our opinitm. howevt r, 

 that the more one can save his legs and arms 

 the more he can actually accomplish in a 

 day. In hunting for a queen we can not af- 

 ford to stand up on the job, but should get 

 right down where the eyes can do their best 



