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own frames it will perhaps be easier for you to have no saw-kerf 

 in the top-bar, but merely let the foundation come up to the top- 

 bar on the under side, and cement it there with melted wax. 



Q. How close can frames be together \vhere there are no 

 foundation sheets used? Can they be l}i inches apart? 1 have 

 them IJi inches, from center to center, and the bees build more 

 combs in a hive than there are frames. 



A. You cannot have combs built true without having at least 



Section of a grooved frame, showing method of fastening foundation in 

 the top-bar with a wedge. 



starters, and full sheets are best, and If^ is close enough. If you 

 try 1% you will find the bees will do still worse than with \yg. 

 The Dadants use frames spaced IJ^ from center to center. 



Q. Would you advise wiring or putting splints in shallow ex- 

 tracting-frames (S^ inches deep), or would they be as well with- 

 out wire or splints? 



A. You can get along without any sort of support for the 

 foundation by being more careful in handling the frames and 

 taking a little more time with the extractor, especially while the 

 combs are new. The time of putting in the supports must be 

 figured against the extra time of manipulation without supports. 



Q. I suggest, instead of the 10-frame hive being made wider, 

 that the frames be made one-sixteenth of an inch narrower, 

 which would leave five-eighths of an inch more extra room than 

 there is now. So as not to decrease greatly the space between 

 the top-bars it would probably be good to have the top-bars at 

 least one-thirty-second of an inch narrower than they now are. 



