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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



" In order to give room for the ears of the frames, the 

 inner skin, front and back, is made an inch shallower 

 than the outer one. Standing 3-8ths of an inch above 

 the former are two strips of zinc (i and 2, Fig. ii), each 

 about an inch wide, and which serve to carry the frames 

 so that they cannot be propolised, while they — i. e. the 

 frames — can be slidden backwards and forwards with 

 the greatest ease during manipulation. The top bar of 

 the frame is 3-8ths thick, so that the space between the 

 top bar and the cover is ^ inch. The depth of the hive (D, 

 H, Fig. 1 1) is 8| inches, the width within between i and 

 2, 14! inches, the frames being exactly the same in size 

 as those known as Woodbury's. The length (C, D, Fig. 

 11) will vary with the number of frames used, but n 

 seems to give the hive the correct capacity. 



Fig. 12. 



"Fig. 12 shows the arrangement of the frames, which 

 are kept at their correct and relative distances by 

 means of small nails known amongst carpenters as 

 panel pins. Combs i to 6 are shown in situ, and by 

 having the dummy, as in the figure, a small swarm, 



