. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. above all others that I have yet seen described. At a glance, almost any one can estimate the extra cost ot constructing such a frame. I believe this frame to be worth several times more than the extra cost, more than the common non-reversible frame for only once reversing for the purposes just mentioned, if tor none of the ad- vantages hoped to be gained in the ?ways spoken of in the tirst part of this article. Again, I much prefer this frame to the old style, even if I never reversed it at all: 1. I am not troubled with sagging top-bars ; and the ou
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. above all others that I have yet seen described. At a glance, almost any one can estimate the extra cost ot constructing such a frame. I believe this frame to be worth several times more than the extra cost, more than the common non-reversible frame for only once reversing for the purposes just mentioned, if tor none of the ad- vantages hoped to be gained in the ?ways spoken of in the tirst part of this article. Again, I much prefer this frame to the old style, even if I never reversed it at all: 1. I am not troubled with sagging top-bars ; and the outer bar, the one which governs the uniformity of the bee-space, or Langslroth shal- low air-chamber below the honey- board, never sags. If the inner top- bar sags, it does little harm, and when reversed, the sag is thus corrected as it straightens back to place, and the new top-bar (just from the bottom) will not sag. In reversing, I either shake oft the bees or revolve the in- ner frame very slowly. I generally prefer to shake off the bulk of the bees, and I have found that on an average I spent five minutes to each hive (counting opening and closing) in performing the reversal of all the eight frames. Bits of comb and propolis bother but little, as the sharp corners of the wood pieces shave them away like a pair of shears. 2. It will be noticed in Fig. 1 that while the top and bottom bars of this frame position with the hive the same as other frames, the ends do not, and in this difference I find an im- provement. It will also be noticed that tlie short end-piece is tapering, regarding its thickness. Now, as the whole end positions to the hive, the top is }4 of an inch away from the hive end, the bottom ot the sliort piece % of an inch, and all below that, ^i of an inch away. This large opening, while it greatly facilitates. in the rapid and easy withdrawal or insertion of the frame, is in no way objectionable, as there is no danger of the bees building combs in even so large
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