FRAMES, AND SECTIONS 35 
thé sections. -The sheets are sold in sizes to fit 
the various frames and sections. 
Before frames can be filled with foundation it is 
very necessary that they should be wired to give 
* the best results. They, may, be used without wiring, 
but in that case there is a great danger of the 
combs falling: out of the frames during manipula- 
tion, and of their being thrown out by, the force of 
the extractor. 
Wiring consists of passing two or three strands 
of No. 20 tinned wire across the frames, which 
wires are embedded in the wax sheets, holding 
them in position, and ultimately, becoming en-— 
veloped in the combs. Three wires are sufficient 
for the standard frame, and two for the shallow, 
placed at equal distances apart, and running across 
the frames from one side bar to the other. The 
simplest way of wiring frames is to bore fine holes 
in the side bars—three or two as the case may, be 
—and secure one end of the wire to a fine tack 
placed just beside the first hole and on the out- 
side. Then thread the wire to and fro across the 
frame, tighten up and finish off on another tack 
placed outside the last hole. It should be noted 
that in the case of dovetailed frames the joints 
must be nailed, as the dovetails alone are in- 
sufficient to carry. the weight of a heavy, comb 
filled with honey. 
The foundation should now be placed in posi- 
tion in the top bar, and this may. be a little 
difficult where saw-cuts are the means used for 
