. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. HIVES. 47 from a single piece of tin, and are both light and strong. These ends remove a great objection to the use of such appliances, as they enable the bee-keeper to regulate, to a certain extent, the distance of the frames from each other. In Fig. 26, a, they are placed at the usual distance, so that the frames are i^^ inches from centre to centre; but if it is desired to pre- vent the production of drone-brood, without using full. Fig. 27.—Tayl
. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. HIVES. 47 from a single piece of tin, and are both light and strong. These ends remove a great objection to the use of such appliances, as they enable the bee-keeper to regulate, to a certain extent, the distance of the frames from each other. In Fig. 26, a, they are placed at the usual distance, so that the frames are i^^ inches from centre to centre; but if it is desired to pre- vent the production of drone-brood, without using full. Fig. 27.—Taylor's Dovetailed Hive. sheets of foundation in frames, the ends of every other frame are slipped back, as in Fig. 26, b, and a dis- tance of I5 inches from centre to centre may thus be maintained. Great care, however, must be taken to return to the wider spacing when combs are built out. The frames may be spaced wider apart than the ordinary distance by substituting wide metal ends for wintering (see page 191). Fig. 25 shows the latest form of the '' ;. 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 Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. London, Madgwick, Houlston
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