BEE MANUAL. 131 
narrow frame stuff is to be cut should be ths of an inch. 
The top and end bars (A and BB Fig. 53) should be 3ths of an 
inch thick, and the bottom bar (¢) + of aninch. The length 
of the top bar is 18Zin.; end bars, 8}in.; and bottom bar, 
17in. When the end bars are nailed 3ths 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 OR BROOD FRAME. 
be 17in. long and 8+4in. 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 3th 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. 
Tig, 54,—SECTION FRAME WITH SECTIONS AND TIN SEPARATORS. 
The top and bottom bars should be ;4th less than 2in. 
wide, and the end bars ;,th less than 13in. Sometimes 
