. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 194 Reversible or Invertible Frames. For the past two years I have used the reversible frame, which I find so valuable that I shall use it largely in future. With this frame there is no danger of the top-bar sagging, which is sure to enlarge the bee space above and create mischief, and by inverting we secure the firm attachment of the comb to the frame along all its edges, and can force Fig. Reversible Frame^ Upper oTie hun^ in the Hive, Lower one partly Reversed, our bees into the sections at the very dawn of the hon
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 194 Reversible or Invertible Frames. For the past two years I have used the reversible frame, which I find so valuable that I shall use it largely in future. With this frame there is no danger of the top-bar sagging, which is sure to enlarge the bee space above and create mischief, and by inverting we secure the firm attachment of the comb to the frame along all its edges, and can force Fig. Reversible Frame^ Upper oTie hun^ in the Hive, Lower one partly Reversed, our bees into the sections at the very dawn of the honey harvest. I have sent reluctant bees into the sections repeat- edly, simply by inverting the combs. This may not always succeed with the unskillful—some bee-keepers report fail- ure—and it requires some time and attention. With me such frames are a success; " they have come to ; Figure 70 shows the character of the reversible frame as made by Mr. Heddon and which I have found to work the best of any that I have used. As will be seen the reversible part is a rectangle, pivoted in the center to the bottom of the short end-bars. These short end-bars at the top come within one-fourth (i^ ) inch of the side of the hive, and thin a little as they run down, so that the lower end is three-eighths (^) of an inch from the side of the hive. The bottom of the frame, indeed all below the short end-bar, is three-. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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