Securing Combs in Frames. 221 
hive with a hammer till the fastenings are broken loose, 
when he lifts the hive, and the combs are all free and in 
convenient shape for rapid work. 
We now need a barrel, set on end, on which we place a 
board fifteen to twenty inches square, covered with sev- 
eral thicknesses of cloth. Some apiarists think the cloth 
useless, but it serves, I think, to prevent injury to comb, 
brood or honey. We now place a comb on this cloth, 
and set a frame on the comb, and cut out a piece of 
the comb the size of the inside of the frame, taking 
pains to save all the worker brood. Now crowd the frame 
over the comb, so that the latter will be in the same posi- 
tion that it was when in the old hive; that is, so the honey 
will be above—the position is not very important—then 
fasten the comb in the frame, by winding about all one or 
two small wires, or pieces of wrapping twine. To raise 
Fic. 87. Fie. 87. 
1 = 
{a 
Transferring Clasp. 
Transferred Comb, 
the frame and comb before fastening, raise the board 
beneath till the frame is vertical. Set this frame in the 
new hive, and proceed with the others in the same way 
till we have all the worker comb—that with small cells— 
fastened in. To secure the pieces, which we shall find 
abundant at the end, take thin pieces of wood, one-half 
inch wide and a trifle longer than the frame is deep, place 
these in pairs either side the comb, extending up and 
down, and enough to hold the pieces secure till the bees 
shall fasten’them (Fig. 87), and secure the strips by wind- 
ing with small wire, just below the frame (Fig. 87), or by 
use of small rubber rings, or else tack them to the frame 
