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wide ; the centre piece or adjustable bar is triangular, 

 | in. on either piece, and should be set from the 

 centre to the lower end of frame, or can be set up or 

 down, to suit the width of comb when transferring. 

 Nine of these frames are used in each hive. Combs 

 will project below the ends to the bottom board. 

 The top piece of the frame is f in. square. Set 

 with one edge down, to form a comb-guide, the 

 opposite one up, on which the honey-board rests ; the 

 sides are | in. wide, f in. thick. 



A sash for 10 by 12 glass is put in the rear. Put a 

 honey-board on top of the frames, resting directly on 

 them and on the sash. The honey-board is 13 in. 

 wide and 11J in. long, with a strip on each end f in. 

 wide, to keep it from warping. Openings are made 

 at the sides and front for bees to ascend to the honey 

 boxes, the chamber for which should be about 6J in. 

 high by 13 in. square. 



PHELPS' MOVABLE COMB HIVE. 



This hive is constructed somewhat similar to 

 Langstroth's, but is of greater depth and nearly 

 square. The principal difference is in the frames. 

 Phelps' frame is composed of five frames : first, one 

 about a foot square, in which are four frames six 

 inches square, each of them fitting neatly into the 

 larger one ; in each of these there are comb-guides. 

 The principal advantage claimed for this arrange- 

 ment is, that the two upper frames can be removed 

 when full, and replaced with empty ones, thus obvi- 

 ating the necessity of using surplus honey boxes 



