Qu (8) Frames or Bars. Improvement on. April 16th 1868 
To stiffen frames without Corner pieces. To make build combs [illegible] 
In frames or bars long from front to rear. To give good simple winter passages 
In frames or bars, get inch Poplar or Linden boards, any wood 
That will [illegible] to be sawed thin and will nail well. 
Cut into pieces � x as wide as saw will cut � inch slot, length of pieces
Just enough to nail into edge of top piece of frame, and nail into
Edge of bottom piece, and project 1/8 inch [illegible] so as to form a step to let bees
Mount easily to comes without building wax ladders. Cut when slot is made
Into strips say 1/16 or 3/32 nds thick, Just thick enough to nail properly with fine brads . 
Into each frame nail centrally two of these strips (let bottom and [illegible] of frame 
B inch wide same as top for this purpose) it may prove better to use for strips, thus, 
And divide equally or 7 3/8 centrally and 4 � on sides. Thus
Having no wood or obstruction where cluster of bees would [illegible]
And Queen begin to brood. [illegible] if small haul for passage made in [illegible] 
[illegible] impossible for bees [illegible] 2 miss [illegible] and frame exceedingly stiff. With last
Arrangement frames would not cost more than with corner pieces, crossed out practically no if as much
[illegible] use say triangular guides, and L. L. L. wax foundation, or the latter without 
Any triangular strips, one guide in each division. If [illegible] guides dispensed 
With can make top pieces of frame 1/4 inch thick, save expense, and yet have very
Stiff frame. Crossed out so far so good. Bottom of frame if needed might be 3 sixteenths inches thick 
Bees must begin to build at 2 and if strong enough at one and three 
Very thin strips will prevent them from going [illegible] as in my first patent with 
Solid middle strip, as they approach the [illegible] strips they must aim to
Carry their com through them to meet the other com. If they do this [illegible]
[illegible] the calm will be shallower crossed out between the strips so as to allow of these to pass between 
Them and thin strips, crossed out may as it was. If the winter passage is a comma a are obstructed
Easy to cut out through slots and opening where center hole is made. Would not frame be
So stiff as not to be [illegible] by weight of honey box. If so might not strips project above 
Top of frame so as to [illegible] rests for small boxes, or if not thought best small 
Boxes might now have small [illegible] for feet 2 make shallow chamber 



