. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. FRAMES, SELF-Sl'ACING. 20(j FRAMES, si)aw(l by eye—or, ;is solium huve termed it, •' \.\ ; Such spacing results in more or less uneven combs ; and beginners, as a rule, make very poor work of it. The ad- vocates of self-spacing frames claim that they get even perfect combs, no burr-combs, and that, without any guesswork, the combs are si)aced accurately and equally distant from one another. Self-spacing
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. FRAMES, SELF-Sl'ACING. 20(j FRAMES, si)aw(l by eye—or, ;is solium huve termed it, •' \.\ ; Such spacing results in more or less uneven combs ; and beginners, as a rule, make very poor work of it. The ad- vocates of self-spacing frames claim that they get even perfect combs, no burr-combs, and that, without any guesswork, the combs are si)aced accurately and equally distant from one another. Self-spacing frames are always ready for moving the hives,either to an out- yard, to and from the cellar, or for ordinary carrying around the apiary. Loose frames, on the contrary, while they are never spaced exactly, often can not be hauled to an out- apiary, over rough roads, without having sticks between them, or something to hold them in place. It is contended by some, also, that spaced frames can be handled more rapidly. See Frames, Manipulating. On Ileddon, the Hoffman, liie thick-top stajyle- spaced,metal-spaced ITolfman,and the nail- spaced. The closed-end Quinby is, as its name indicates, one whose end-bars are wide their entire length. The top and bottom bars are one inch wide. These closed up- rights, or ends, when they come in direct contact, cause the combs which they con- tain to be spaced accurately from center t o center. Fig. 1, A, shows one such frame. Several of the closed-end frames are made to stand, and have very often been called " standing frames.'' Mr. Quinby, in order to keep such frames from toppling over, in- vented the strap-iron hook on one corner, as show^n in Fig. 1, re-engraved from Cheshire. Ii is the hook that engages the strap iron i}/ in the bottom-board; gr is a groove to admit. FIG. 1.—HOW THE (^UlNUY FRAME HOOKS ON TO THE HOT'J'OM.—i^/'OHi Cheshire. the other hand,- the advocates of the loose i'rame urge, as an objection to the self- spac
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