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Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 



frames. This number will be found the most satisfactory to 

 work with. To obtain interchangeability, so necessary in 



many operations, they 

 must be of standard size 

 as established by the 

 British Bee-keepers' 

 Association. 



These frames are made 

 of four pieces, which 

 fasten together with 

 lock joints, Fig. 14. The 

 size is as seen at Fig. 15. 

 Length, top bar 17 inches, 

 bottom bar 14 inches, the 

 depth being 8j inches. These are all outside measurements. 

 Thickness of top bar f of an inch, end bar J of an inch, bottom 

 bar 4 of an inch; the width tjiroughout is | of an inch. 

 The hive is so made that the frames hang by a projecting 

 piece at either end 1^ inches long, called a lug, or ear ; a 

 space of J of an inch at the end allows the bees to pass 



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round. If made smaller they cannot pass and will pro- 

 polise the frame end to the side of the hive ; if more space 

 is given they will build brace combs between — in either case 

 defeating the object of the frames by making their removal 

 difficult. Between the bottom bar and floor-board a space 

 of 4 an inch is left to allow free passage for the incoming 



