1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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and, what is more, closed-end frames can be 

 handled in blocks of two or three. When so 

 handled, the several frames in each block are 

 not pried apart where stuck together with 

 natm'al bee-glue. With an ordinary unspaced 



Langstroth frame, a beginner, at least, would 

 not be able to handle two or three frames at 

 a time, for he would have to stick his fingers 

 down between the several combs to keep 

 them apart and from smashing bees, and run 



SLIDING A CLO.SKD-END FRAME DOWN BETWEKN TWO OTHERS. 



[If the spacing be an easy fit, any bees that may be on the end-bars may be displaced without killing one. 

 When all the frames are in place, /'f ^vz/'f ^j (vo/a? tltem tiulitly toaetlur. If left a little way apart, the bees 

 will fill up the cracks with bee-srlue, making separation afterward hard and disagreeable.) 



HANDLING CLOSED-END FRAMES IN GROUPS OF THREE AT A TIME. 



[This illustrates how the frames can be handled in blocks of two or three at a time. The propolis or bee- 

 glue, holds them together while this is done. When the frames are in place, don't forget to crowd them up 

 tight.] 



