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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
duction of a second sized frame, even for the raising 
of queens ; but my dividing standard is not really a 
new size, since it is at all times admissible in the 
standard hive, taking its place as one of the ordinary 
frames. I have improved upon the pattern given in 
my Practical Bee-keeping,” by making the frame 
at once easier of construction, stronger, and more 
simple. The Figure needs but little explanation. The 
proximate side bars {sd, sb, A, Fig. 83) of the halves 
are wider than the rest of the frame, since when the 
Fig. 83.— Cheshire Dividing Standard Frame (Scale, y'^). 
A, Frame as used in Standard Hive— Lug ; st, st, Wire Staples ; sb, sb, Side 
Bars ; tb, tb. Top Bars. B, Hive in Cross Section, with Half-dividing Frame 
within it— /(^, Hive Side. C, View from above Top Bars. Lettering as before. 
latter stands with non-dividing ones in the hive, if 
the centrally-placed bars were only of the usual |in., 
the comb opposite to them, wherever honey is stored, 
w'ould be built out until a single bee-space alone 
remained, whereas opposite the brood a double bee- 
space would be left. The troubling irregularity is 
in this way entirely avoided. The two halves are 
held together by stoutish wire staples (v/, st, A and C), 
pushed into holes made to receive them, so that they 
grip the side bars together. The frame is filled by 
natural building, foundation or, if needed quickly, by 
