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G-LEAN;1NGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1917 



Fig. 1. — Form for nailing frames one at a time. 



with a great deal of satisfaction a plan of 

 nailing frames, the principle of which was 

 originated by Wm. Gary, of Washington, 

 D. C. Briefly speaking, the plan consists 

 of a box or clamp large enough to hold ten 

 frames, so that all ten bottom-bars and top- 

 bars can be nailed at once. As shown in 

 Fig. 2 there are only six boards needed to 

 make this clamp. It is preferable that 

 these be made of hai^d wood. The two end 

 pieces, B and B', ai'e fastened to the side 

 pieces, A and A' — nailed solidly at one end 

 and held by bolts and wing nuts at the other 

 end. About an inch and a quarter from 

 each end of the side pieces cleats are nailed 

 to prevent the loose inside end pieces, C and 

 C, from falling over. These loose inside 

 end pieces are merely to support the end- 



Fig. 2.- — Form for nailing ten frames at once. 

 V-shaped pencil-marks on the upper edge of B and 

 B' assist in locating the end-bars with the V edges 

 turned right. The V edges of the end-ljars at the 

 left must be turned to the back while those at the 

 right turn to the front. 



bars when they are dropped in ready for 

 nailing on the bottom-bars. 



To assemble the clamp, cut the heads 

 from four carriage-bolts about V4 inch by 4, 

 and have a 1-16-ineh hole drilled close to 

 each end. Bore two i/4-inch holes into the 

 end of each side-piece of the box and care- 



Nailing on the ten-bottom-bars. 



fully drive in the bolts, taking the precau- 

 tion first to make a mark on each one a uni- 

 form distance from the 1-16-inch holes drill- 

 ed in order to know their location after the 

 bolts are driven in, and then drive a stout 

 nail tlii-u the side of the boards and thru the 

 lioles in the ends of the bolts, thus locking 

 them firmly so that they can not be pulled 

 out. Bore the holes in the end-piece of the 

 box a trifle large, about 5-16, so that the 



Fig. 4.- — The entire box reversed ready for nailing 

 on the top-bars. Just before nailing, the wing nuts 

 are tightened so that the frames will le held square 

 and rigid. 



board will easily slide on the bolts. Wash- 

 ers and wing uuis complete the contrivance. 



HOW TO NAIL THE FRAMES. 



Locate tbe box on a good solid bench; 

 drop the loose inside end-pieces in position 

 and put in the twenty end-bars, upside 

 down — ten al each end. In order to have 

 the V edges all turned the right way it is a 

 convenience to have V-shaped marks on the 

 edge of each end-piece, as explained. Fig. 2 ; 

 then by being careful to liave the V edges 

 on tlie end-bars correspond to the Vs mark- 

 ed, the frame will always be nailed right. 



Slip the ten bottom-bar's into 23osition and 



