FIMMKS. TO MANIPULATE. 



21. s 



FRAMKS, TO MAXIl'lLATE. 





SLIDING A DANZENBAKER FRAME DOWN BETWEEN TWO OTHERS. 



on the frame or frames to be handled, leav- 

 ing the rest glued together so they can be 

 lifted out in blocks of two, three, or four, as 

 at top page 219. If it is desired to examine 

 the comb surface of one frame, break the 

 propolis connections on each side of it, as 

 before explained, and pull it out as in cuts 

 here shown. Usually the examination of 

 the brood in one frame will suffice to give to 

 the practiced eye some idea of the laying ca- 



pacity of the queen, of the amount of brood 

 in the hive, and the amount of stores. If it 

 is necessary to examine another frame, set 

 the one first taken out down by the side of 

 the hive ; loosen another frame, and remove 

 that. In this way all the frames in the hive 

 can be examned; but when the frames are 

 reinserted, if the end- bars are covered with 

 bees they should be slipped back into place 

 by sliding the edge of one end-bar against anotir 



METHOD OF CiUAHliiNO DAN/ENI!AKEH FRAME W^HEN REMOVING IT FRO.M THE HIVE, 



