FIFTY YEARS AMONG THK BEES 2-11 



For this nursery I use a regular Miller frame, which lends 

 itself to the purpose aclmivaljly, lop-bar, bottom-bar, and end- 

 bar being all of the same width, 1% inches. If you haven't a 

 Miller frame, you can easily make a frame having all parts the 

 same width, 1% inches; only be sure the end-bars are at least 

 % thick, and have the outer dimensions of the frame the same 

 as the frames you have regularly in use. I'll give instructions 



Fig. 88y2. — Miller Queen Nursery. 



for making a nursery with a frame of the Langstroth size, and 

 if your frames are of different size you must act accordingly. 



Make 7 pieces, each long enough to reach from top-bar to 

 bottom-bar (with top-bar % and bottom-bar Yi, that makes the 

 length 8 inches), 1% wide, and % thick. Saw-kerfs must be 

 made on each side of these 7 pieced. Beginning II/4 inches 

 from one end, on one side of the piece, with a very fine saw, 

 make a saw-kerf by sawing about half-way through. Make a 

 similar kerf 1% inches from the first, and then, each time 



