THE FRAME HIVE. 



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dip), according to the tiiickness required. The wax 

 which adheres to each side of the wood is then 

 easily peeled off in sheets. Afterwards, these sheets 



Hive showing Frames in position. 



of wax are pressed by a machine, and run through 

 rollers, which have, cut upon them and all over them, 

 the exact resemblances of the beginning of comb- 

 cells. And so, when the sheet is passed between the 



