136 Cjdvbt for Frames. 



(Fig. 50, e, e) ; then lay on our top-bar and nail, after which 

 we invert the block and nail the bottom-bar, as we did the 

 top-bar. Now press down on the strap (Fig. 53, a), which 

 will loosen the frame, when it may be removed, all complete 

 and true. Such a gauge not only insures perfect frames, but 

 demands that every piece shall be cut with great accuracy, 

 and some such arrangement should always be used in making 

 the framo^. 



The above description and Fig. 50 are for Gallup 

 frames. For Langstroth frames the hard wood strips 

 would be eight and five-eighths (8f) inches long, and 

 the distance between them would be sixteen and seven- 

 eighths (16$) inches, that is if frames are made of 

 pieces one-fourth of an inch thick. 



When the frames are in the hive there should be at 

 least a one-fourth or three-eighths inch space between 

 the end of the frame and side of the hive. As before 

 stated the space below the frame may be one-half inch. 

 A much wider space than that given above on the sides 

 is likely to be filled with comb, and so prove vexatious. 

 The wide space below gives no such trouble and in 

 winter it is desirable, as also in case the hive shrinks. 

 It is very undesirable to have the frames reach to the 

 hottom of the hive. 



The distance between the frames may be one-half of an inch, 

 though a slight variation either way does no harm. Some 

 men, of very precise habits, prefer nails or wire staples in the 

 side of the frames (as already stated, Mr. Jones prolongs the 

 sides and hottom of the frame for the same purpose) at top 

 and bottom, which project just a quarter of an inch, so as to 

 mairtain this unvarying distance; or staples in the bottom of 

 the hive to secure the same end. 



OOVEE FOE FEAMES. 



As before stated a board covers the hive all through 

 the honey season. This rests upon the upper story of 

 the hive or upon the upper section case. From Septem- 

 ber to June, in the cold northern climate a piece of 

 thick factory should rest on the frames as before stated. 

 These are just the size of the hive and when properly 

 adjusted no bee can pass above them. By cutting on 

 three sides of an inch square, we form a flap in this 



