. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BEE jOURNAT,. "5 create a dampness, which the bees will not be able to expel, and which, as shown by our scientific corres- pondent, Mr. Cheshire, page 91, is inimical to the well-being of a colony. We therefore propose that the front and back of the hive shall lie cut away at their outside angles, so as to leave the smallest pos- sible thickness of wood on their inner edges for the frame bars to rest upon. Due care must of course be exercised in determining the thickness necessary, but we think an eighth of an inch will
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BEE jOURNAT,. "5 create a dampness, which the bees will not be able to expel, and which, as shown by our scientific corres- pondent, Mr. Cheshire, page 91, is inimical to the well-being of a colony. We therefore propose that the front and back of the hive shall lie cut away at their outside angles, so as to leave the smallest pos- sible thickness of wood on their inner edges for the frame bars to rest upon. Due care must of course be exercised in determining the thickness necessary, but we think an eighth of an inch will be found sufficient to withstand ordinary wear and tear, and that in prac- tice it will not be found objectionable. The parts of the back and front which are cut away, may be simply chamfered oft" with a common plane, taken out with a filister, or grooved away as indicated in the accom- panying illustration. 1^£ (^ gx:;-^ "js-.:^^?^^! To prevent all longitudinal movement of the frame bars, we would insert small wire staples, similar to those used by bell hangers, or plain studs or strips of wood, metal, or leather, either of which could be fixed to the bars to fit immediately outside the top edges of the back and front of the hive, and would ensure per- fect steadiness, and ease in manipulation. Among the advantages belonging to this form of hive, one of the most important, will be the absence of all inducement for the bees to use propolis in an exces- sive degree. There will be nothing within the hive to tempt them to do so, no notches or cracks, no spaces or acute angles for them to fill up, and there will be no room outside the depending portions of the Inime bar for them to build comb in, as they so often do in other hives. On page 99 we gave an illustration shewing the parts of the sides of the liivc which are intended to be moveable. The idea is not a new one, as dunnny frames have often been recommended. There is, however, a speck of originality about their fe
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