BEE MANUAL. 



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narrow frame stuff is to be cut should be |-ths of an inch. 

 The top and end bars (A and B B Fig. 53) should be f ths of an 

 inch thick, and the bottom bar (c) £ of an inch. The length 

 of the top bar is 18|in. ; end bars, 8|in. ; and bottom bar, 

 17fin. When the end bars are nailed fths of an inch from 

 each end of the top bar, as shown in the engraving, and the 

 bottom bar nailed on, the inside dimensions of the frame will 



Fig. 53.— NARROW OK BROOD FRAME. 



be 17in. long and 8^in. deep, the exact size required for the 

 Langstroth hive. Before, however, nailing them together, a 

 groove must be cut along the centre of the top bar ^th of an 

 inch wide, and of the same depth, for fastening a sheet of 

 comb-foundation in. It would be better to do this before 

 cutting the stuff into short lengths. 



BROAD OR SECTION FRAMES. 



The top, bottom, and end bars of these frames are exactly 

 the same in length as the narrow frames, and with regard to 

 thickness, should be made out of similar material. 



Ii£. 54.— SECTION FRAME WITH SECTIONS AND TIN SEPARATORS. 



The top and bottom bars should be T \-th less than 2in. 

 wide, and the end bars J^th less than lfin. Sometimes 



