168 TILE BEE—HIVES. 
346. In any style of hanging-frame hives, it 1s indispen- 
sable for the frames to be so suspended, that a bee can pass 
between them and the body, bottom, and upper story, to 
prevent the gluing of them with propolis. (See bee-space, 
286.) 
In our hives, we give only one-eighth of an inch of space, 
above the frames, below the top edge of the hive, and give 
one-fourth inch under the frames of the upper-story, which 
preserves the three-eighths bee-space, between each story 
(286). We found, in practice, that there was danger of 
crushing bees, in handling the upper stories, when they 
were made so that the frames were flush with their lower 
edge. 
(Fig. 73.) 
SHOWING THE TOOL USED TO BEND THE WIRE BRACES. 
347. The Spucing-wire, an improvement on Quinby’s 
wire brace, to space the frames at the bottom, is found very 
convenient in hives as deep as this. It is also useful in in- 
dicating to novices the number of frames to be placed in 
Fic. 74. 
SHOWING HOW SHE WIRE IS REMOVED. 
