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more in thickness, 2in. wide, and lft. in length, and should 

 be securely nailed to the board A. On the underside of this 

 block screw a piece of steel band 2 inches wide bent to the 

 required form, as shown in the engraving. Three or four 

 inches of the ends of the band should press tightly against the 

 battens B B, to hold the end bars of the frames in their places. 

 When making the frames, the end bars are to be pressed 

 down between the ends of the band and the battens B B, close 

 up to the board a. The top bar, groove down, is next placed 

 on top, resting on the shoulders of the battens, and nailed to 

 the end bars with two thin wire nails, an inch long, at each 

 end. Now turn the form upside down and nail on the bottom 

 bar ; by lifting the frame top bar first, it will come off the 

 form square and true. A narrow strip of thin steel stretched 

 between and riveted to the lower ends of the band D d, will be 

 found a handy contrivance by which the pressure on the end 



Pig. 5G.-FEAME FORM OE GAUGE. 



bars may be removed. A slight pull on this will draw the 

 ends of the band towards the centre, when the frame may be 

 taken off without trouble. Both brood and section frames may 

 be made on this form, but it will save time when putting the 

 latter together if a thin strip of wood an eighth of an inch 

 thick is tacked on the upper part of the board A, just where 

 the top bar touches ; this will guide the bar into its proper 

 position on the end bars. For half-story frames a shallow 

 form suitable to their depth will be required. 



NUMBER OF FRAMES TO A HIVE. 



The hive I have described and given instructions for making 

 will take ten narrow frames or seven broad ones. There are 



