. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. October J, 1874.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 97 wide and | of an inch thick, nailed along the front and back, which form those parts into rabbets, similar to those in which the ends of the frames usually rest, but without the incon- venient notches. Keeping the top bars of frames flush â «'ith the top of the hive is a great improvement on the old plan, in which the ends of them are sunk into notches cut into the rabbets, as they are so miich more convenient for handling, being capable of immediate lateral movement, so that when examination
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. October J, 1874.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 97 wide and | of an inch thick, nailed along the front and back, which form those parts into rabbets, similar to those in which the ends of the frames usually rest, but without the incon- venient notches. Keeping the top bars of frames flush â «'ith the top of the hive is a great improvement on the old plan, in which the ends of them are sunk into notches cut into the rabbets, as they are so miich more convenient for handling, being capable of immediate lateral movement, so that when examination of combs is necessary, nine of them may be brought slightly closer together by simple pressure, and without any wrenching, to make room for the extraction of the tenth. A cottager who can afford to buy a skep can afford one of these bar-frame hives ; it will take no more wood to make a floor-board for one than for the other, or for a roof either, which is by far of the most vital consequence, dryness being an ab- solute essential, especialh' during wet and cold weather. The floor-board sent out with the hive in its more complete form is made out of a piece of board 33 inches long, 9 inches wide, and half an inch in thickness; for cutting, a line is set off across the board from a point 15i inches from one end to another point at a similar distance from the other end in a diago- nal direction ; it is then sawn through, and the two pieces put together, the long sides touching each otlier, and forming the floor, which will then be IS inches wide ; strips are then cut, one from each of its outer edges, of li inches width, which are nailed on to the under side as ledges to hold the two parts together, and the floor-board will then be complete, as sliowu in enfiTaving'. The roof is made of two pieces of board, each about 20 inches long, 9 inches wide, and g of an inch thick, which are nailed to two triangular pieces, as indi- cated in engraving, the junction at top beino- covered
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