FRAMES AND' SECTIONS 35 



the sections. The sheets are sold in sizes to fit 

 the various frames and sections. 



Before frames can be filled with foundation it is 

 very necessary that they should be wired to give 

 the best results. They may be used without wiring, 

 but in that case there is a great danger of the 

 combs falling out of the frames during manipula- 

 tion, and of their being thrown out by the force of 

 the extractor. 



Wiring consists of passing two or three strands 

 of No. 20 tinned wire across the frames, which 

 wires are embedded in the wax sheets, holding 

 them in position, and ultimately, becoming en- 

 veloped in the combs. Three wires are sufficient 

 for the standard frame, and two for the shallow, . 

 placed at equal distances apart, and running across 

 the frames from one side bar to the other. The 

 simplest way of wiring frames is to bore fine holes 

 in. the side bars — three or two as the case may be 

 — and secure one end of the wire to a fine tack 

 placed just beside the first hole and on the out- 

 side. Then thread the wire to and fro across the 

 frame,- tighten up and finish off on another tack 

 placed outside the last hole. It should be noted 

 that in the case of dovetailed frames the joints 

 must be nailed, as the dovetails alone are in- 

 sufficient to carry, the weight of a heavy comb 

 filled with honey. 



The foundation should now be placed' in posi- 

 tion in the top bar, and this may be a little' 

 difficult' where saw-cuts are the means used for 



