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A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to the Interests of Honey Producers. 

 $L00 A YEAR, 

 w. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor m Proprietor. 



VOL. XIX. FLINT, MICHIGAN, DEC. 15, 1906. NO. 12 



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>ir0od Frames for 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. 



DON'T urge that everybody make 

 their own hives andfixtures. Hives, 

 supers, frames, etc, need not be as 

 nicely finished as cabinet work, but 

 ought to be exact in dimensions, and 

 all interchangeable. If this condition 

 of affairs can be secured only by the 

 the purchase of factory-made goods, 

 then use that kind of goods; but many 

 bee-keepers are good mechanics, and 

 located near planing mills that do 

 good, accurate work. Such men can 

 save money by making their own 

 frames, hives, supers, etc. To be sure, 

 there are some frames on the market 

 that can't be cut out at an ordinary 

 planing mill — special machinery is 

 needed for cutting out Danzenbaker 

 frames, for instance. But, as most of 

 you know, my preference is for a plain, 

 so-called, all-wood frame, that can be 

 cut out of a % board with a common 

 buzz saw. I don't want any staples, 



nor nails, nor any other self-spacing 

 arrangements. I want no attachments 

 on a frame — just a plain, straight, 

 smooth, even, % frame all around. It 

 seems a pity to me that bee-keepers 

 will pay for these extra fixings on 

 frames, when said fixings onl}' make 

 the frames less easy of manipulation. 

 Self-spacing frames, staples, etc., are 

 all right when an apiary is to be moved, 

 but I would rather fasten the frames, 

 even with nails, if necessary, when 

 the bees are moved, if they are to be 

 moved, than to be pestered all the season 

 with all of these contogglements. 



Holding the foregoing views on 

 frames, being "handy with tools," and 

 living near a mill where good and 

 accurate work can be secured, it will 

 be seen that I am in position to make 

 my own frames and hives at consider- 

 able saving. My frames are the Langs- 

 troth, the end bars are ^s in thickness, 



