48 
BEE PASTURAGE AXD PRODUCTS?; 
small, movable-frame hives are indispensable. In filling up an 
empty frame lay it upon a table or board, and fasten in the combs 
by dipping an edge of each piece into melted comb. The scraps 
may be melted and should not be very hot. It soon cools, leaving 
the combs firmly attached. Frames when thus filled may be 
given to strong colonies in exchange for frames of honey. Stocks 
kept supplied in this way through the gathering season, will 
store astonishing quantities of honey, and in autumn, if any lack 
provisions for winter, it is easy to give them some of the full 
combs previously removed. 
HOW TO SECURE STRAIGHT COMBS. 
The full advantages of the movable-comb principle is only 
secured by getting all the combs built true within the frames. 
Upon the first introduction of movable frames, bee-keepers fre- 
quently failed, as many yet do, though much care and attention 
were given. Sometimes strips of comb are attached to the un- 
der side of the top bar of the frame. This is a very good prac- 
tice when the comb can be had, as it secures the object besides 
giving the bees a start with worker comb. Next followed the 
“comb-guide,” consisting of a triangular piece of wood tacked to 
the under side of the top bar, leaving a sharp corner projecting 
downward. This is a valuable aid and is now universally 
adopted. Another method is the variable cross-bars, which con- 
sists in having every alternate cross-bar two inches lower than 
the intervening ones, it being intended that the lower bars will 
compel the bees to build their combs true upon the higher ones, 
and if these are lengthened down before the others are com- 
