U2 



THi PEACTIOAL BEK aUID*. 



dinner knife, will cause the foundation to adhere to the wood. 

 Reverse the section, and arrange the foundation to hang 

 plumb. 



261. Preparing Frames Frames (97) are generally supplied 



in the flat, the pieces being made to fit into and grip each other. 

 Fold your frames so that the angles at the corners shall be 

 true right angles, because the frame will not hang properly 

 in the hive or super box if it has been put together out of 

 square. Fasten the frame at the corners with small tacks, or 

 wire nails. 



262. Wiring Frames All frames (except shallow frames), 



and especially those that are to come, some day, to the 

 extractor (134) should be wired, so that the foundation may 

 be well supported, and safe from breakage or sagging, with 

 the consequent evils. (118). 



" Of course there are some who never wire their frames at all. 

 Happy-go-lucky in their methods, they trust much to th© * lucky ' ; 

 happy, indeed, until the combs lie broken in the extractor, and then 

 it is not any longer safe for a cat to laugh in the house ! " — /. O. J). 

 in the Irish Bee Journal. 



The 

 ihin 



frame having been fastened at the corners with tacks, or 

 wire nails, bore, with a fine bradawl, two holes through 



•^ each side of the 

 S3 frame i i" or 2" from 

 the top bar and bot- 

 tom bar respectively, 

 at A, B, C, D: half 

 drive two small tacks 

 into the edge of one 

 side close to the 

 holes A and D : pass 

 the wire through A, 

 B and C; draw it 

 over itself between 

 A and B ; pass it 

 through D, and give 

 the end a double 

 twist round the tack 

 at D : draw the wire 

 at C, and again at A, 

 until it assumes the 

 position shown (Fig. 

 86) and is tight 

 enough to " twang " : 

 give a double twist 

 round the tack at A : 



PI',- 

 WIRMD 



8B. 

 FRAME. 



Fig. 87. 

 WIRED FRAME. 



