The Gallup Frame. 



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(Fig. 47, a). The figure illustrates a Gallup frame which 

 will serve to make this explanation clearer. Eighteen 

 and seven eighths (18$) inches long, seven-eighths (£) of 



Fig. 47. 



an inch wide, and one-fourth (^) 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 (17f) inches long, and as wide and thick as the 

 other parts— though it may be only one-half as thick if 

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

 so that it is as long as the frame. 



For the past two years I have used the reversible frame 

 which I find so valuable that I shall use it largely in 

 future. With this frame there is no danger of the top- 

 bar sagging, which is sure to enlarge the bee space 

 above and create mischief, and by inverting we secure 

 the firm attachment of the comb to the frame along all 



Fig. 48. 



Reversible Frame. 



its edges, and can force our bees into the sections at the 

 very dawn of the honey harvest. Figs. 48 and 49 show 



