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BEES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. 



The frames sliould be spaced 1| inch from the centre of 

 one frame to the centre of the other. This may be done by 

 means of "metal ends" 1| inch broad (fig. 7), which are 

 placed on the ends of the top bars, the knife-edge A holding 



Fiff. 



Metal Ends, a, The Old-fashioned Metal End. n, The " W. B. Carr 

 Metal End now more generally used. 



the end firmly on to the bar ; but the eye of the bee-keeper 

 soon gets accustonn d to the distance which the frames should 

 be spaced apart, and he will not need to use metal ends. Tliere 

 are many other ways of spacing the frames : some use staples 



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Fig. 8. — Broad-shculdered Top Bar with Saw-cut for Foundation. 



driven into the top bar ; others use frames with " broad- 

 shouldered " top bars (fig. 8) ; but I myself prefer a plain frame 

 to any. 



The Floor-board. 



The floor-board (fig. 9) should be made of wood not less 

 than I inch in thickness — 1 inch is better : it should project 



Fig. 9. —Floor- board and Alighting- board. 



1| inch beyond the entrance, and a slopirg alighting-board, 

 A, 7 inches or 9 inches broad, should be fixed at the end of 

 it. The floor and alighting-boards should be nailed on to the 

 stand B B, which should be 4 inches or 6 inches wide and 

 made of 1-inch or l;i-inch wood, the latter thickness beinr' 

 best. 



