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lacks force in view of the fact that many who have been 

 most successful use this frame. Indeed, with thorough 

 protection tliis frame is as good as any, and most bee- 

 keepers are learning that in our northern states protection 

 is absolutely essential to success. 



That we shall ever have a uniform frame used by all 

 apiarists, though exceedingly desirable, is too much to be 

 hoped. I do not think there is sufficient advantage in any 

 form to warrant us in holding to it, if by yielding we 

 could secure this uniformity. Nor do I think the form and 

 size so material as to make it generally desirable for the 

 apiarist to change all his hives, to secure a different style 

 of frame. 



To make a LangstrOth frame I would- use a top-bar 

 (Fig. 69). The figure illustrates a Gallup frame which 

 is square and will serve to make this explanation clearer; 

 eighteen and seven-eighths ( iS^ ) inches .long, seven- 



' Gallup Frame. 



a Top -bar. 

 *, b Si<^-bars or uprights. 



c Comb guide. 

 d Bottom-bar. 



eighths ( ^ ) of an inch wide, and one-fourth ( 5^ ) of an 

 inch thick. The end-bars (Fig. 47, b,b') should be eight 

 and five-eighths (8f^) inches long and as wide and thick 

 as the top-bar. The top-bar is fastened to the end-bars as 

 shown in the figure by nailing through it into the ends of 

 the end-bars, so as to leave the top-bar projecting three- 

 fourths (^) of an inch. The bottom-bar is seventeen and 

 three-eighths (17?^) inches long, and as wide and thick as 

 the other parts — though it may be only one-half as thiqk 

 if preferred. It is also nailed to the ends of the end-bars, 

 so that it is as long as the frame. 



