. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 237 Mr. Heddon, who appears to be a thoroughly careful and observant apiarist, has had several thousand reversible frames in use for the past two seasons, and states in his report to Gleanings for July, 1885 :— "I h°ve to report not only practical success in their manipulation (the second year of their use), not only as far as gluing, etc., is con- ce
. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 237 Mr. Heddon, who appears to be a thoroughly careful and observant apiarist, has had several thousand reversible frames in use for the past two seasons, and states in his report to Gleanings for July, 1885 :— "I h°ve to report not only practical success in their manipulation (the second year of their use), not only as far as gluing, etc., is con- cerned, but the generally conceived advantages of reversing are more than realised. The comfort of frames solid full of comb, and that comb nearly solid full of brood, is pleasing to the eye of the apiarist. I tind the three-fourths space between the lower half of the end of the frame and the hive a great advantage. A few hives that were over- looked, and became clogged with honey, crowding out the queen, had to have the brood-combs extracted. Before replacing them with tha bees we reversed them, giving plenty of surplus room above, and this reversing prevented any further clogging of the brood frames. I am pleased beyond expectation, and never expect to use anything else but reversible frames for either comb or extracted honey ; heddon's keversible frame. Scores of devices have been suggested for making frames reversible without altering the hives; but Mr. Heddon's (shown in the following engraving) appears to be as simple and practicable as any, and the fact that he has found it to answer 60 well is a strong recommendation in its Tig. 110—HEDDON'S KEVERSIBLE FRAME. On reference to the figure it will be seen that the frame consists of an ordinary top bar, to which are attached two short end bars, with a rectangular frame pivoted between them ; —it is very simple and easily made. For a Langstroth frame the rectangular frame should be 17 inches long
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