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since the combs are fixed to the bars, the bees are 
admitted from the lower to the upper boxes. The 
four central combs are surrounded by frames, so that 
they may be inspected and interchanged with only 
Fig. 13.— Stewartox Slide and Central Bar. (Cross-section, exact size.) 
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little less facility than in ordinary frame hives. The 
side bars (A, Fig. 14) are shorter, and their ends not 
rectangular, and have had no frames adapted to them. 
As a consequence, the combs they carry are fixed to 
the hive side, and, without breaking or cutting, are 
not open to examination ; to remedy this, 1 have for 
m m 
Fig. 14.— Side Bar and Comb of Stewarton (Scale, 4). 
A, Top View— m, wi, Mortices for Receiving Uprights. B, Front \ iew— w, i/, I prights. 
myself added uprights, triangular in cross-section, 
which are morticed into the top bar. A bottom rail 
is not required, and is, indeed, better omitted, as, in its 
absence, the bees run their comb down to within ^in. 
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