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hot rays of the sun may not strike too directly upon it^ 

 and to stand it np straight enough so it will not sag with 

 its own weight. 



RESTING FRAME DIAGOXALLY IX HIVE. 



A\'ith one frame out of the hive there will be rooiu 

 enough for the rest to be moved about in the hive, and 

 returned to it as soon as examined. Sometimes when it 



Fig. 24 — C lipping the Queen. 



is desired to set a frame back in the hive very quickly,, 

 or when a queen has been caught and is held in the 

 fingers, so that the frame must be handled by one hand, it 

 is convenient to set the frame in the hive resting diag- 

 onally, as shown in Fig. 36. The frame is lowerd till 

 one end of the top-bar rests upon one rabbet, and then 

 the bottom-bar is allowed to rest upon the other rabbet. 

 Perhaps oftener, however, I use both hands to handle 

 a frame, even while holding a queen in one hand. While 

 searching for the queen the frame is held in both hands^ 



