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BEES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. 



Ihe frames should be spaced 1^ inch from the centre of 

 one frame to the centre of the other. This may be done by 

 means of "metal ends" H inch broad (fig. 7), which sire 

 placed on the ends of the top bars, the knife-edge a holding 



Fig. ".-Metal Ends, a, The Old-fashioned Metal End. b, The ' 

 Metal End now more generally used. 



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the end firmly on to the bar ; but the eye of the bee-keeper 

 soon gets accustomtd to the distance -which the frames should 

 be spaced apart, and he will not need to use metal ends. There 

 are many other ways of spacing the frames : some use staples 



Fig. 8. — Broad-shculdered Top Bar with Saw-cut for Fonndation. 



driven into the top bar ; others use frames with " broad- 

 shouldered " top bars (fig. 8) ; but I myself prefer a plain frame 

 to any. 



The Floor-board. 



The floor-board (fig. 9) should be made of wood not less 

 than I inch in thickness — 1 inch is better : it should project 



Fig. 9, —Floor-board and Alighting-board. 



1| inch beyond the entrance, and a sloping alighting-board, 

 A, 7 inclics or 9 inches bro.id, should be fixed at the end of 

 it. The floor and alighting-boards should be nailed on to the 

 stand B B, which should be 4 inches or 6 inches wide and 

 made of 1-inch or l^-inch wood, the latter thicknes.s being 

 best. 



