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I believe frames one and five-sixteenths inches wide would be 
plenty wide enough. 
A. I don’t believe you would like the plan. If you had loose- 
hanging frames it might do, and in that case there would be no 
need to make frames any narrower. But now fixed-distance 
frames are mostly in use, and lJi from center to center is as little 
as ought to be allowed. Indeed some prefer V/ 2 . You say, “I be- 
lieve frames 1 5-16 inches wide would be wide enough.” I should 
say sol I think no one has them wider than 1 %. Evidently you 
mean the space from center to center, and, as already said, I 
don’t think you would be satisfied with less than 1 Yt. If you 
should try it, better try it on a very small scale. 
Q. What size of extracting-frames are better, the shallow 
frames or the full depth? 
A. The shallow frames are the better, probably in every re- 
spect except that they cannot be used interchangeably with 
brood-combs. Shallow extracting-frames with side-bar 6 inches 
deep are liked best by the Dadants. 
Q. Which is the better extracting-frame, the seven-eighths- 
inch top-bar with two grooves, or the half-inch top-bar with one 
groove for extracted and chunk honey? 
A. One will probably work as well as the other. 
Q. How many frames would you advise putting in a 10-frame 
cxtracting-super in order to get nice, thick combs, using full 
sheets of foundation? I think it is easier to uncap thick combs. 
Will not the bees build brace or burr-combs if the extracting- 
frames are too far apart? 
A. Either 9 or 8 frames will work well. No trouble with 
combs built between in either case. If only 8 frames are used, it 
will increase the space between combs one-third of an inch, and 
bees will not start an extra comb in so small a space. 
Frame, Miller. — Q. Please explain the Miller frame. 
A. The frame is, of course, the regular Langstroth size, 1 IVfx. 
9'/&. Top-bar, bottom-bar and end-bars are uniform in width, V/& 
inches throughout their whole dimensions. The top-bar is %- 
inch thick, with the usual saw-kerf to receive the foundation, and 
close beside this is another kerf to receive the wedge that fastens 
the foundation. The length of the top-bar is 18^4 inches and %x 
9-16 is rabbetted out of each end to receive the end-bar. The end- 
bar is 8 9-l6xV/sx}i. The bottom-bar consists of two pieces, each 
17 HxH* 34? This allows J4 inch between the two parts to receive 
the foundation, making the bottom-bar l^j inches wide when 
nailed. 
