. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. the wrong direction of the frames, and the consequences arising therefrom, were the re- sidt of an error on the part of the 'helper,' who placed the swarm on its stand. Turning now to the Sherrington ' as it is,' we have the greatest confidence that in future all these evils will be avoided, and it affords us unmingled pleasure to be enabled to point out the improved features which will render it a hive, capable of easy management and manipu- lation, and will prevent the waste of bee labour in producing so large an amount of proi^olis, as
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. the wrong direction of the frames, and the consequences arising therefrom, were the re- sidt of an error on the part of the 'helper,' who placed the swarm on its stand. Turning now to the Sherrington ' as it is,' we have the greatest confidence that in future all these evils will be avoided, and it affords us unmingled pleasure to be enabled to point out the improved features which will render it a hive, capable of easy management and manipu- lation, and will prevent the waste of bee labour in producing so large an amount of proi^olis, as was necessary in the old pattern to stop up the crannies into which the bees were unable to creep. First, then, the crown-board is im- proved off the hive altogether, and the hive adapted for the use of the quilt, and the rabbets on top of back and front are also dispensed with, and the walls are kept perfectly smooth and level on the top, the frame-bars are made of the pattern indicated in the JoiirnaI,anias shown in engraving, keep their own distance ; they are further improved by the absence of the bottom rail, so that they cannot be glued to the bottom board of the hive; the ends of the frame bars \f==^w are tapering as indicated, and due regard being- had to the necessary sj)ace be- tween t/icin and the front and back of the hive, there will be no propolising beyond what generally takes place in straw hives, through the irregularity of their sur- faces. For keeping the frames in their places, they are furnished with a stud at each end, which, working in grooves at the back and front of the hive, prevent longitudinal, without impeding their lateral mobility. As they do not rest on rabbets, but fairly on the back and front of the hive, they are kept in their places laterally by moveable strips of wood, one on each side, which are laid upon the side walls, and bj^ an in- genious arrangement of brass hooks and eyes are easily, and well, and firmly fixed, so that- the frames be
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