Fig. 8. Modern 10-frame bee hive—Root Co. 
X 20 X 9 1/2 inches, and is rabbetted on each end to support ten 
frames measuring outside 9 1/8 X 17 5/8 in such a manner that 
there is a space of approximately one-fourth inch between the ends 
of the frames and the end of the hive, and a like space between the 
mm 
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Fig. 9. Brood frames. 
top of the frames and the level of the top of the hive. The frame 
ends touch each other for one-third of the distance from the top 
and are spaced 1 3/8 inches from center to center (Fig. 9). These 
frames have the end bars pierced so that four small wires can be 
strung horizontally through the frame, the first 3/4 inch from the 
top bar, the bottom 1 1/4 inch from the bottom bar and the other 
two equally spaced between. These are to support and _ strengthen 
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