GLEAXIKGS IX BEE CULTUEE. 



Jan. 



HOW TO FASTEN SHEETS OF FDS. 

 BROOD FRAMES 



IX THE 



The melted rca.v plan. 



Set n common small lamp in a tall hox with one open 

 pUle. having coarse wire cloth nsiled over tUe top. 

 Place on the wire cloth a cup containing wax. Keep 

 the wax iust melted, l>v turning the lamp wick up or 

 down. Now, with a pencil brush you can put the mel- 

 ted wax noatl^ just where vou want it. Fit a board so 

 that it will slip into vour frame just half way, and lay 

 your slieet of fdn. on thi^, with its upper edge close 

 against the top bar; brush the wax along the joint, slip 

 out the board and hang the frame in a hive. After a 

 little practice vou will do them quite rapidly, and 

 think it is iust tun. It is said that the tdn., to prevent 

 sagging, should go in the frame in such away that the 

 walls of the cells run up and down, instead of diagon- 

 ally. Our sheets are all made for the L. Irames in that 

 way. 



The "plan ice prefer. 



If wax is rnbbed hard against a piece of dry wood, 

 at ordinary temperatures, it will adhere almost as well 

 as if put on in a melted str.te. Therefore, all we have 

 to do to fasten it in the frames, is to lay it in place, and 

 press the edge against the comb guide with the fingers, 

 until it sticks moderatelv. Nosv take a knlfeor screw- 

 drirer, and rub it down hard. To prevent the wax 

 from sticking to the tool, dip it in either starch or hon- 

 ey : we use the latter because it is handier. One corner 

 of the tool should go clear down to the wood, at the 

 last stroke to make a " sure thing" of it. The fdn. 

 shou'd reach within V inch of the end bars, and with- 

 in J. as a general rule, of the bottom bar. This space 

 is needed to allow the sheets to stretch as It Is being 

 workod out, which it al>vavs does more or less, s-.me 

 lots of wax will stretch scarcely perceptibly, v.hile 

 others will to the extent we have mentioned; and as 

 it is desirable to have the sheet hang clear of the bot 

 tom bar when the cells are drawn out full length, we 

 thin'c b'st to si'-e the amount of space below we have 

 mentioned. The reason is, that the combs will bulge 

 it there is any stretching after they have touched the 

 bottom bar. To put the sheets in rapidly, you will 

 need a board cut so as to just fit inside the frame, and 

 reach up as far as tne comb guide. Lay the sheet on 

 this, c'ose up to the top bar, and stroke it down to the 

 comb guide, as we have directed. If your frames are 

 made without a comb guide, you can fasten the sheet 

 to the topbarin the same way, and then give it a quarter 

 turn, ^o tbat it will hang straight down. As fast as 

 the frames are filled, they should be hung in a hive, 

 to be secure from injury. If vou do not make the above 

 plan work to suit vou, you can faster the sheets by 

 tacking a strip of wood about }& by % into the top bar, 

 ■while the iipper edge of the sheet is between them; 

 this strip shouUl be put on in such a way that the fdn. 

 hangs straight down under the center of the top bar. 

 For putting tdn. into the section frames or into boxes, 

 make a saw cut nearlv through the stuff of which the 

 top ismade, where yovi wish the sheet to hang. Before 

 this piece is fastened in place, bend the wood back- 

 ward in such a way as to open the saw cut, slip in the 

 edge of the sheet, close up the cut, and it is secure. 



COMB BASKET, 



Holds five frames, secure from dust or robbers, aud 

 catches all the drip; price §-2,50. 



EXTRACTORS. 



One important point is that all machines, to work to 

 the best advantage, should be so made that the frame 

 may hang in them just as it hangs in the hive, it we 



except the L. and Q. frames, and all having a length un- 

 der the top l)ar greater than 14 inches. It may be im- 

 possible for us to give all the reasons for this now, but 

 we hope you will take our word for it when we say 

 there are very good reasons f r standing a frame oh 

 end in the Extractor when the length is much greater 

 than the depth. 



We have before explained that we have our castings 

 made to fit two different sized cans, viz., 17 and 20 in- 

 ches, and we will now farther state that we make the 

 cans also of two different heights. To work nicely, the 

 frame needs about the same amount of room to hang 

 In the Extractor, that it has in the hive; to do this 

 there seems to ba no other way than to make every 

 Extractor to fit the hive it is intended for. Of course 

 you can use ti.em otherwise, but we are well satisfied 

 that the cumbrous machines now in use, are many of 

 them destined to be soon laid aside for the more mod- 

 ern kind. 



diagtEam of peixcipax feames in use. 



Figures given are outside dimensions in inches. Sus- 

 pended frames have % inch supporting arms, or an 

 equal prolongation of top bar. 



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The following table is for the convenience of tho^e 

 ordering machines, and is intended to enable any one 

 to decide for himself exactly what he can use to the 

 best advantage. 



PRICE LIST OF EXTRACTORS. 



[The figures in parentheses, just before the prices, 

 give the exact inside v-Idth of the revoiving frame of 

 the Extractor, in inches.'] 



