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inch, with a rectangular, instead of a triangular, projection 

 below (Fig. 45, 6), which should be one-fourth by one-eighth 

 inch, the longer diameter up and down. This should be 

 entirely to one side of the center (Fig. 45, c), so that when 

 the foundation is pressed against this piece it will hang exactly 

 from the center of the top-bar. If preferred, the bottom of 

 the frame (Fig. 45, e) need not be more than half as wide or 

 thick as described above. Very soon all will use wire frames, 

 for foundation, and the tog bar will be a plain rectangle. 



Mr..D. A. Jones, with many others, prefers that the end 

 bars of the frames project downward (Fig. 46) and that the 

 bottom bar project at each end. It is thought that this saves 

 the lives of bees, when the frames are being rapidly handled. 



Fig. 46. 



Jones' Chaff Hive, Frame, Frame for Sections, Division Board and 

 Perforated Zinc Division Board. 



It is now quite the fashion to wire the frames (Fig. 110). 

 This insures perfect safety if we wish to ship our bees, and 

 secures against sagging or bulging of the foundation. If the 

 foundation is put on with a press, No. 36 wire is used ; if 

 pressed on by hand No. 30 wire is better. The timber for frame 

 should be thoroughly seasoned, and of the best pine or white- 

 wood. Care should be taken that the frame be made so as to hang 

 vertically, when suspended on the rabbets of the hive. To 

 secure this very important point — true frames that will always 

 hang' true — they should always be made around a guide. 



