Gleanings in bee culture . e may be. Keep on crowd-ing the blade until a little gap of about asixteenth of an inch is formed. Blow a little the smoker with the other. Enter the bladebetween a pair of frames, and give it a slighttwist, blowing a little smoke down between;next loosen the follower, after which it maybe removed. Break the connections on eachside of the frame to be removed, then setdown the smoker and the screwdriver. Withthe balls of the fore fingers passed down be-tween the ends of the hive and the frame,grab hold of the end-bars of the loosenedframe. Very slowly lift iu upward.


Gleanings in bee culture . e may be. Keep on crowd-ing the blade until a little gap of about asixteenth of an inch is formed. Blow a little the smoker with the other. Enter the bladebetween a pair of frames, and give it a slighttwist, blowing a little smoke down between;next loosen the follower, after which it maybe removed. Break the connections on eachside of the frame to be removed, then setdown the smoker and the screwdriver. Withthe balls of the fore fingers passed down be-tween the ends of the hive and the frame,grab hold of the end-bars of the loosenedframe. Very slowly lift iu upward. If youfind it still sticks, pry the frames on each 190; GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 835 side a little further apart, when it shouldcome out easily. When it is removed, lookit over and set it down against the hive orsome other object. Loosen up another frame to close the hive up. Put one frame in at atime; but in doing so be careful not to killany bees. This can be done by sliding theedges that come in contact with each other. METHOD OF CLOSED-END FKAME WUEN REMOVING IT FROM THE HIVE.


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