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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



pencil lines, b and h, are drawn across it at 5-8ths of 

 an inch from the extremities ; the line e occupies the 

 centre, exactly 8|th inches from each end, and c, d, e, f 

 and ^ are placed at 5-8ths of an inch from each other; 

 k, I, m and n are now added with a gauge-marker, if one 

 is at hand, and e being cut through with a fine saw, the 

 parts shaded are removed ; the tongue left thus on 

 one half fits into the hollow made in the other, so that 

 the two being shut together, the length of the bar is 

 reduced to 15 inches, and fits the ordinary Woodbury. 

 To the respective halves with brads or small French 

 nails the uprights of the frames, each 8 inches in length, 



Fig. 70. 



are fixed, having their outer faces upon the lines b, d,f, and 

 h ; the bottom bars complete the whole, which takes the 

 form of Fig. 70. If the parts be screwed up in a wood- 

 vice whilst driving the nails, splitting will be effectually 

 prevented. The frames being shut together, holes pierced 

 in / and q, and a bell-hanger's clip inserted in them, 

 the whole is complete and fit to place in the hive be- 

 tween other frames of comb, or to receive the combs cut 

 from a common frame. The nucleus hives in which the 

 Queens are hatched may be made to take one or two 

 dividing frames. One is preferable for the following 



