156 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



combs on the approach of winter is illustrated by 

 Fig. 153. It is simply a tinplate cylinder about 

 1 in. in diameter and 4 in. or 5 in. long, having 

 one end serrated so as to cut the comb more 

 easily. Near the other end two wire lugs are 

 soldered to afford a better hold to the fingers, as 

 shown in Fig. 153. 



The Cheshire transferring board, shown by Fig. 

 154, affords facilities for transferring the combs 

 cut from a skep to a bar-framed hive. The table 

 proper consists of sixteen tongues projecting from 

 a back support about 10 in. To make it, a piece 

 of wood about 16 in. long, 3 in. wide, and 1 in. 



Fig. 154. Cheshire Transferring Board. 



thick is planed quite flat and out of winding, the 

 under surface being especially true. The tongues 

 are all cut out of a piece of yellow pine 13 in. 

 long, 1 in. thick, and about 11 in. wide. Fig. 155 

 is a view of the end of this piece of wood, showing 

 how the tongues may be cut out. Of course, it 

 will require care to cut the bevels to the proper 

 angle, but any want of accuracy in the saw can be 

 rectified by the trying plane. The dimensions of 

 each tongue, when finished, will be : length, 13 in. ; 

 top width, | in. ; bottom width, \ in. ; depth, 1 in. 

 The tongues must be nailed or, preferably, 

 screwed to the back piece, each tongue being at 

 right angles to the back, and the edges J in. apart. 

 It is desirable to fill up the spaces between the 



