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Reversible or Invertihte Frames. 



For the past two years I have used the reversible frame, 

 vsrhich I find so valuable that I shall use it largely in future. 

 With this frame there is no danger of the top-bar sagging, 

 which is sure to enlarge the bee space above and create 

 mischief, and by inverting we secure the firm attachment 

 of the comb to the frame along all its edges, and can force 



Fig. 70. 



Reversible Frame, Upper one hung in the /-live, Lower one partly Reversed, 



our bees into the sections at the very dawn of the honey 

 harvest. I have sent reluctant bees into the sections repeat- 

 edly, simply by inverting the combs. This may not always 

 succeed with the unskillful — some bee-keepers report fail- 

 ure — and it requires some time and attention. With me such 

 frames are a success; "they have come to stay." Figure 70 

 shows the character of the reversible frame as made by 

 Mr. Heddon and which I have found to work the best of 

 any that I have used. As will be seen the reversible part 

 is a rectangle, pivoted in the center to the bottom of the 

 short end-bars. These short end-bars at the top come within 

 one-fourth (i^ ) inch of the side of the hive, and thin a little 

 as they run down, so that the lower end is three-eighths 

 {■i^) ot an inch from the side of the hive. The bottom of 

 the frame, indeed all below the short end-bar, is three- 



