. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. the wire cloth, as it would be obviously in the way if it were also at the ends. The baskets when put together are seen in Fig. 6. Should the frames have projecting shoulders, or long ends, holes must be cut in the bottom of the cages or in the wire cloth to accommodate them. Thei advantage of these baskets is that any thickness of comb can be put in for extraction. Pieces either from skeps or other hives can also l)e very easily put in by opening the cages. Combs containing brood can also be laid in without damaging them, although we do n
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. the wire cloth, as it would be obviously in the way if it were also at the ends. The baskets when put together are seen in Fig. 6. Should the frames have projecting shoulders, or long ends, holes must be cut in the bottom of the cages or in the wire cloth to accommodate them. Thei advantage of these baskets is that any thickness of comb can be put in for extraction. Pieces either from skeps or other hives can also l)e very easily put in by opening the cages. Combs containing brood can also be laid in without damaging them, although we do not recommend any but the ex- perienced to extract from such combs. The combs can also be re- versed without touching the frames by merely drawing out and turning the FIG 6. FIG 7 cages. Fig. 3 shows one pair of cages in position and the other being withdrawn. We prefer having a piece of folded tin I I (Fig. 2) fixed across where the crosses end, and this prevents any springing at the corners. The can Jias to be made 18in. in diameter and 24in. high. The top and bottom must have a wired bead, and against it a strong hoop at least lin. wide and of x^in- wrought-iron. This may be riveted on to the can. There is no diffi- cultj^ in making any part of the can except the conical bottom, J (Fig. 1). For this cut a circular piece as in Fig. 7. It must be 19in. in diameter and'a piece, K L M, must be cut out of it as shown, 2^in. wide, K M. Turn up the edges K L, M L ^in. in width aoid draw the opening together. It will then present the form of Fig. 8. Tack on temporarily a piece of tin across the opening to keep it the right distance apart. Then turn down the edge all round the circum- ference and try this bottom in 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 London
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