176 A Modern Bee-Farm 
same width, so that the same outer case is used for all, 
the same supers being worked with either a Standard or 
Commercial Stock Chamber. 
The Removable Back of the Case 
is adjusted in the most simple manner possible, the result 
of many years’ practical study. It simply drops into its 
place without any metal fastening whatever; hence I am 
occasionally amused by correspondents asking if hooks and 
eyes or hinges ought not to be used? Certainly not, unless 
you wish to go backwards over the same experimental 
ground that I have traversed, before finding the most 
practical method of securing the back. In addition to 
the above, the sides are made to “bind” inwards at the 
back, while the shape of the cover also aids in securing 
the top more firmly. In opening, the sides are slightly 
pressed away while at the same time the back is lifted up 
and outwards. 
In Painting 
it is quite necessary to give at least two coats of paint 
along the angle formed at each side by the inner plinths 
_or stays; also up under (inside) the floor rim, and fully one 
inch up under the lower edge of the cover; otherwise wet 
is sure to soak up, and ultimately destroy the wood. 
A COMMERCIAL STANDARD FRAME. 
I must state without hesitation that the Standard frame 
of the British Beekeepers’ Association is much too small 
for any bee-keeper who is attempting to produce honey 
on a wholesale scale. It is true I have been using the 
Association Standard frame largely for some years past, for 
queen-rearing purposes, and expect to continue to do so as 
long as I supply bees to those who have adopted that size ; 
