BEE MANUAL. Ts 
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 DD, will be 
found a handy contrivance by which the pressure on the end 
Fig, 56.—FRAME FORM OR 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 
