. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. i6o THE HONEY-BEE. than the outer one. Standing three-eighths of an inch above the former are two strips of zinc (i and 2 Fig. 51) each about an inch wide, and which serve to carry the frames so that they cannot be propolised, while they can be slid backwards and forwards with the greatest ease during manipulation. The depth of. Fig. si.—Cheshire's Kak-Fjjame Hive (sectional view). the hive is 8f inches, the width \\\ inches inside. The length will vary with the number of frames ; Fuller details are to be found in Mr. Cheshire's


. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. i6o THE HONEY-BEE. than the outer one. Standing three-eighths of an inch above the former are two strips of zinc (i and 2 Fig. 51) each about an inch wide, and which serve to carry the frames so that they cannot be propolised, while they can be slid backwards and forwards with the greatest ease during manipulation. The depth of. Fig. si.—Cheshire's Kak-Fjjame Hive (sectional view). the hive is 8f inches, the width \\\ inches inside. The length will vary with the number of frames ; Fuller details are to be found in Mr. Cheshire's excellent book called Practical Bee-keeping. Mr. Abbott, the well-known maker of apparatus of all kinds for apiculture, who was the editor and proprietor of The Bee Journal for many years, has. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society


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