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accommodation is afforded for breeding and the storing- 

 of honey. 



IMPROVED COMB BAR. 



Mr. Woodbury says that this little con- 

 trivance has proved very effectual in securing 

 straight combs when guide-cortibs are not 

 obtainable. The lower angles are rounded 

 off, whilst a central rib is added, of about 

 one-eighth of an inch in breadth and depth. 



Section of Bar. ° ... 



This central rib extends to within half an inch 

 of each end, where it is removed, in order to admit of the 

 bar fitting into the usual notch. All that is necessary to 

 ensure the regular formation of combs is, to coat the 

 underneath surface of the central rib with melted wax. 

 Mr. Woodbury further says : ' ' My practice is to use plain 

 bars whenever guide-combs are attainable, as those can 

 be attached with much greater facility to a plain than 

 to a ribbed bar; but whenever I put in a bar without 

 comb, I always use one of the improved ones. By this 

 method, crooked and irregular combs are altogether 

 unknown in my apiary." 



Most of our bars are made with the ridge ; but should 

 any of our customers prefer the flat ones, we keep a 

 few to supply their requirements. 



With the moveable bar and frame hive, every comb 

 is available for extraction, and may easily be taken out 

 of the hive; each comb being fixed within its frame, 



