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than the outer one. Standing three-eighths of an inch 

 above the former are two strips of zinc (i and 2 Fig. 5 1) 

 each about an inch wide, and which serve to carry 

 the frames so that they cannot be propolised, while 

 they can be slid backwards and forwards with the 

 greatest ease during manipulation. The depth of 



FIG. 51. CHESHIRE'S BAR-FRAME HIVE (SECTIONAL VIEW). 



the hive is 8| inches, the width 14^ inches inside. 

 The length will vary with the number of frames used." 

 Fuller details are to be found in Mr. Cheshire's 

 excellent book called Practical Bee-keeping. 



Mr. Abbott, the well-known maker of apparatus 

 of all kinds for apiculture, who was the editor and 

 proprietor of The Bee Journal for many years, has 



