142 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
two ends being an inch and a half by three-eighths, 
and the top and bottom rails seven-eighths by three- 
eighths; it has also a floor-board, cover, and nadir 
containing two rows of sections. The nadir, having 
four stout legs firmly attached to it, is a simple and 
convenient stand for the hive, thereby doing away 
with the inconvenience of legs fixed to the stock- 
hive. The frames with the two end boards rest at 
each side on a quarter-inch rabbet. The cover is 
capped with zinc, and is therefore thoroughly water- 
proof. 
“Although the ends of the frames are an inch and 
a half wide, they are constructed so as to allow 
both sides of the comb to go close against the cage 
of the extractor. As the wide frame ends are worked 
true, and are all held tightly 
together, the bees are unable 
@™ to stick them together with 
'| propolis. The frames are per- 
fectly rigid, and held so securely 
by a simple contrivance at the 
| back, that the hive may be 
» turned upside down without 
their moving from position. 
“The hive is so constructed that it may be used 
with either six, eight, or ten frames, or more; either 
number forming a completely closed-up hive (of course 
excepting the entrance), thus economising heat by 
allowing it to be enlarged or reduced according to 
the requirements of the swarm. For wintering, a 
stock may be deprived of its surplus frames of comb, 
which may be returned in spring as the bees require 
