FURNISHING AND STOCKING A BEEHIVE. 49 



In furnishing a beehive, the first requisite is a 

 set of frames, each of which will eventually contain 

 a comb. The " standard " frame of the British 

 Bee Keepers' Association is illustrated by Fig. 34, 

 and described on p. 10, and if the measurements 

 there given are adhered to, the pattern of the 



Fig. 35. Broad-shouldered 

 Frame. 



g. 36. Abbot's Broad- 

 shouldered Frame. 



frames does not much matter ; it will vary accord- 

 ing to the method employed of spacing the frames 

 in the hive. Bees in a natural state build their 

 combs from Ij in. to l\ in. apart centre to centre, 

 and the spacing usually adopted in placing frames 

 is 1-Jy in. centre to centre, ten frames occupying a 

 width of 14j in. 



Frames may be roughly divided into two classes : 



D 



