12 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
frames. ‘This number will be found the most satisfactory to 
work with. To obtain interchangeability, so necessary in 
many operations, they 
= -~. must be of standard size 
= a as estahlished by the 
TAS ae British ' Beekeepers’ 
These frames are made 
of four pieces, which 
fasten together with 
lock joints, Fig. 14. The 
size is as seen at Fig. 18. 
: Length, top bar 17 inches, 
oe battens ae 14 inches, the 
depth being 8! inches. These are all outside measurements. 
Thickness of top bar 2 of an inch, end bar } of an inch, bottom 
bar 4 of an inch; the width throughout is 3 of an inch. 
The hive is so made that the frames hang by a projecting 
piece at either end 14 inches long, called a lug, or ear; a 
space of 1 of an inch at the end allows the bees to pass 
Association. 
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round. If made ‘smaller they cannot pass and will pro- 
polise the frame end to the side of the hive; if more space 
is given they will build brace combs between—in either case 
defeating the object of the frames by making their removal 
difficult. Between the bottom bar and floor-board a space 
of 4 an inch 1s left to allow free passage for the incoming 
