. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 112 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [November 1, 1874. skeps to bar-frame hives. It was repeatedly- exhibited in operation at the great Show, where many stocks were successfully trans- ferred. The bees are first driven from the skep, which is carried into a closed room, the latter is then cut in twain between the combs, or the sides are cut away, leaving the combs standing on the crown of the hive ; the combs are then cut out clean and whole, and laid upon the teeth of the apparatus, a frame is applied, the comb trimmed to fit it, a piece of lath
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 112 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [November 1, 1874. skeps to bar-frame hives. It was repeatedly- exhibited in operation at the great Show, where many stocks were successfully trans- ferred. The bees are first driven from the skep, which is carried into a closed room, the latter is then cut in twain between the combs, or the sides are cut away, leaving the combs standing on the crown of the hive ; the combs are then cut out clean and whole, and laid upon the teeth of the apparatus, a frame is applied, the comb trimmed to fit it, a piece of lath is placed at the bottom of the comb, and tapes are passed under it between the teeth, and tied round the comb and top bar of frame; the apparatus is raised up so that the teeth become jjerpendicular, which of course raises the frame also, and the latter is placed in its hive without the comb having been disturbed or in the slightest degree damaged after being first laid upon the trans- ferring The apparatus includes a square zinc dish which lays under its teeth to catch any bleeding honey which may drip from the combs, and altogether it is a neat and handy tool. If it had been made rigid as it appears, and as it is when in use, it might be objected to as being an awkward thing to carr}' about; but, on the contrary, it is exceedingly portable as the feet fold inwards close up under the teeth, and the dish being furnished with wire loops, which fit on to the upper side of the teeth, the whole may be condensed into a package only one inch and three-quarters in thickness. We cordially commend it as a most useful apicultural ap- pliance. Combs.—The cells of the combs, as built by the bees, have all a slight inclination upwards, the better to retain the honey stored in them iu its liquid state. In attaching guide-combs to the frames, care must therefore be taken, especially when broad pieces of comb are employed, to give these the proper adjust- ment ; that is, to jjreserv
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