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f-inch thick, so the width of the frames is 

 made just about f -inch. 



They are placed from f to f of an inch 

 apart, which makes a distance of ij to ij 

 inches from centre to centre. 



For the production of worker brood ij 



Wired Frame 



inches is sufficient, but the distance from 

 centre to centre is not a hard and fast rule. 



There should be a space of J-inch round 

 the sides of the frame, and J-inch at the 

 bottom. If less room than this is left, the 

 bees will stick it up with propolis, and if 

 more, they will build comb between the 

 frames and the wall of the hive, so defeating 

 the apiarist's purpose, by making the frames 

 no longer movable. 



