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To wire a frame, place the embedding-board (36), flat side 

 upwards, on a table, so that one end 

 71. Wiring Frames of each cross shp may slightly project 

 for Brood-chamber, over the table edge ; mark the edge of 

 the board at IJ inches and. 3 inches 

 from the outer edge of one of the slips ; these marks to be 

 permanent; then hang a frame on the projecting slips, letting 

 the side of the frame rest on the slips with the top bar 1^ 

 inches from the first mark (Fig. 22) ; then with the brad- 

 awl bore two holes perpendicularly through the centre 

 of the frame side opposite the marks on the embed- 

 ding-board ; the holes will thus be IJ inches and 3 inches 

 respectively from the under side of the top bar ; then bore two 

 holes in exactly similar positions in the opposite side of the 

 frame. Cut off a piece of wire (35) 44 inches in length, see 

 that it is quite free from kinks, then knot one end of it to the 

 frame side at "a," Fig. 23, making the knot as indicated by 

 the diagram. Fig. 24 j then pass the wire through the cor- 

 responding hole in the opposite side of the frame, pull it tight 

 enough to twang sharply when touched, and without losing any 

 tension, twist the wire right round the frame side and pass it 

 in again through the hole from outside, then lead it down inside 

 the frame, pass it through the hole opposite " b," Fig. 23, then 

 round and through the frame side, exactly as at the hole above, 

 then through the hole at " b," and knot it, as at "a." The 

 wires should be tight enough to twang sharply when struck. 



The above method of wiring is the best to adopt when stocks 

 are to be worked mainly for sections, as it 

 72. Wiring Frames provides sufficient support for the comb 

 for Extracting. hanging perpendicularly. If, however, it 

 is intended to work the stock for extract- 

 ing (118), it is best to wire the frames as shown by X, Fig. 9 ; 

 this system interferes more with the brood nest than the 

 parallel system of wiring described above, but supports the 

 comb better than that system during the process of extracting. 



To fix the foundation in the frame after the latter has been 

 wired, hold the frame inverted perpendicu- 

 73. Fixing larly, gripping it by one hand at the 



Foundation in Frame, shoulder, then take a sheet of frame foun- 

 dation (33) in the other hand, and insert 

 one corner of it at that end of the centre groove on the top bar 

 which is next the hand holding the frame, steadying the foun- 

 dation with the thumb and fingers of that hand ; then, with both 

 hands work the foundation into the centre groove (Fig. 25), and 

 then draw it gently backwards and forwards to work it down into 

 its proper position fully home in the groove ; next hold the frame 

 still in inverted position in one hand, the arm being extended 

 downwards and the frame so held that the foundation is sup- 

 ported by the arm (Fig. 26), then holding the wedged slip in 



