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STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 5b. — Showing manner of fastening Foundation 

 in Frame, 



of an old file is just right. This is kept warm over an oil stove or 

 lamp and is used li}' drawing the notch along the wire, bearing on 

 just enough to bed the wire without cutting through the sheet of 

 wax. In doing this work the frame is slipped over a board on which 

 the foundation is laid. 



It is advisable to wire all brood frames as they maj' then be 

 handled more readily, and if colonies of bees are shipped any distance, 

 there will be no clana;er of wired combs breaking down. 



Fig. 6a. — Shallow Extracting Frame. 



"Shallow frames" are much like the others except that they are 

 only from 4i to ."y inches deep. They are used in shallow chambers 



Fig. Gb. — Hive with Shallow Extracting Super. 



