. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 3. edge uppermost. ric a being 12 x 10 inches, we shall want strips of tin If inches wide with a seam folded on one edge J of an inch wide and an | of an inch wire folded in the other edge. These strips must be bent at right angles, so that when they are soldered together they may form two square bands 12 x 10 inches. Fig. 3 will show the arrangement of these at the top and bottom of the frame- work. The four uprights can now be soldered on to these bands. Place one of these with the wired edge down, and with a little solder tack the
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 3. edge uppermost. ric a being 12 x 10 inches, we shall want strips of tin If inches wide with a seam folded on one edge J of an inch wide and an | of an inch wire folded in the other edge. These strips must be bent at right angles, so that when they are soldered together they may form two square bands 12 x 10 inches. Fig. 3 will show the arrangement of these at the top and bottom of the frame- work. The four uprights can now be soldered on to these bands. Place one of these with the wired edge down, and with a little solder tack the uprights m their proper posi- tion. It will be noticed, by referring to fig. 2, that they have to be fixed to the long sides, C C, taking care that the piece turned up at the end of the slides is at the bottom. Now tack on the top band to the upper ends of these slides, with the wired Be careful before finally soldering that everything is perfectly square, or the cages will not slide in properly. When it is found correct the whole framework can be laid down in a position most suitable for finally soldering all together. On the two narrow sides solder two brace wires diagonally from the opposite corners, as shown in fig'. 3. One will lay flat against the wire cage when it is in position, and the other to complete the X will have to be bent where the two wires intersect, so as to make it also lay flat. If these wires be 5 of an inch thick and are well soldered at the ends and at the place of intersection they will be amply strong enough to prevent any bulging, even with the heaviest combs in the baskets. For fixing the spindle to this frame we must make two pieces, D D, in the form of an X. These can be made of strips of tin If inches wide, with wire folded in the edges for strength, or, if the wire is not used, the tin should be a little wider and folded three times. They should be when finished not less than lg inches wide. Fix them as shown in fig. 2, and solder them where the
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