MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



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frame preferred by Mr. Gallup, and is the one used by Messrs. 

 Davis and Doolittle, and many others of our most successful 

 apiarists. That this size is imperative is, of course, not true ; 

 that it combines as many desirable points as any other, I 

 think, is true. For apiarists who are not very strong, especially 

 for ladies, it is beyond question superior to all others. 



HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE FRAMES. 



In this description, I shall suppose that the frames desired 

 are of the form and size (Fig. 35) which I use. It will be 

 easy, for any who may desire, to change the form at pleasure. 



Pig. 35. 



For the top bar (Fig. 35, a) of the frame, use a triangular 

 strip twelve and three-quarter inches long, with each face of the 

 triangle one inch across. Seven-eighths of an inch from each 

 end of this, form a shoulder, by sawing from one angle to 

 within one-fourth of an inch of the opposite face, so that 

 when the piece is split out from the end, these projections 

 shall be just one-fourth of an inch thick throughout. For 

 the side pieces (Fig. 35, b, b), take strips eleven inches 

 long, seven-eighths of. an inch wide, and one-fourth of an inch 

 thick. Tack with small brads the end of two of these strips 

 firmly to the shoulder of the top-bar, taking pains that the 

 end touches squarely against the projection. Now tack to 

 the opposite ends or bottoms, the ends of a similar strip 

 (Fig. 35, d) eleven and a half inches long. We shall thus 

 have a square frame. 



If comb-foundation is to be used, and certainly it will be 

 by the enterprising apiarist, then the top-bar (Fig. 36, a) 

 should be twelve and three-quarters inches by one-quarter by 

 one inch, with a rectangular, instead of a triangular, projection 



