British bee-keeper's practical note-book, followed by a description of the and how to make it, a home-made hive from used boxes, how to build a bee house, and short rules for the management of moveable comb-hives . Kg. 5.—Body-box. VTOod D (16| X If X ^ in.) nails on the outside to enclose the frame?ends as shown. Prior to nailing on this strip, a piece of wood(iF2 >? f fS ^0 i^ secured in position level with the top edge offront and back boards, along which are nailed the tin angle-pieces,forming the metal runners whereon the frames—fitted with W. B. C. ends—work. The Shallow Fra
British bee-keeper's practical note-book, followed by a description of the and how to make it, a home-made hive from used boxes, how to build a bee house, and short rules for the management of moveable comb-hives . Kg. 5.—Body-box. VTOod D (16| X If X ^ in.) nails on the outside to enclose the frame?ends as shown. Prior to nailing on this strip, a piece of wood(iF2 >? f fS ^0 i^ secured in position level with the top edge offront and back boards, along which are nailed the tin angle-pieces,forming the metal runners whereon the frames—fitted with W. B. C. ends—work. The Shallow Frame Box, or surplus chamber (Fig. 6) is an?exact counterpart of body-box with two exceptions: first, the?depth is reduced by 3 in.; second, the front and back boards are. ?Pi?. 6.—Shallo-w Fmiue Bos. •only 15|- in. Jong. The capacity of this box is ten shallow frames5|in. deep, with ordinary ends, and two tliin slips of wood, or•eight similar frames fitted with wide W. B. C. ( 58 ) The hive, as described, is without legs, and we use the Stand(Fig. 7). To a casual observer, the stand is simply four legs andfour side-pieces nailed together, and will perhaps suggest a very-
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