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looked. It is also much cheaper. Then tlie contrast in the sav- 

 ing of time between the inserting of the centre bar and wiring 

 is greatly in favour of the former. "Time saved is money earned."' 

 For a C'Cntre bar nothing but the waste ends cut to length Is 

 needed. The wire of a frame, when the foundation is inserted, 

 must be fixed with an enibedder, or the bees will not work thereon. 

 The many little tools or implements required in wiring are saved' 

 by this little simple perpendicular centre bar. 



HALF-SIZE SUPERS OR SHALLOWS. 



Ix dimension these are exactly the same a^s the full-size frame, 

 only the side bars are cut half the length — that is, 4i inches in 

 depth from out to out. It will be noticed that is a 1-16 inch less 

 than a true half. These shallows are now coming very much to 

 the front. They have advantages over the full-size frames. When 

 honey is coming in sparingly, the bees take to them more readily. 

 The honey rij>eus in them quicker, and the cells are sooner capped. 

 There is an advantage also, in the uncapping for extracting 

 purpo-^es. 



THE FOLLOWER, OR DIVISION BOARD. 



No hivo is complete without a division board. It is a plain 



piece of board wrought in the form of a full-size frame — length 

 17:] inches and 9 3-8 inches deep; in length and depth a little 

 more than the fraane. The shoulders in followers must be cut 

 to the same gauge as the frames, so that the top of the followei 

 shall be flush with the tops of the frames when they are in posi- 

 tion in the hive. The uses of a follower are to prevent the bees 

 scattering too far over the hive, or, in case of a small swarm, to 

 confine them to one side of the hive so that they may build their 

 comb more regularly. Bees should never have more room than 

 they can occupy, without being too much overcrowded. With judi- 

 cious management a follower is a great help in aiding the bees 

 to fill up the frames with comb more systematically and regularly. 

 It is also of great value in wintering, as by its aid the bees are- 

 kept more snugly, and there is not the loss of animal heat as is the 

 case when bees are wintering in a full-sized hive which they can- 

 not faiily well fill, and can roam over at their own sweet will 



