. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 148 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. the bottom bars, though the top and side pieces are close to- gether. The sections are of such a size (Fig. 50, IP) that four, or six, or nine, etc., will just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one side of each large frame are two tin strips '(Kg. 50, t, t') as long as the frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of the large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus permitting the bees to pass readily from •one tier of sections to another, as do the narrowe
. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 148 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. the bottom bars, though the top and side pieces are close to- gether. The sections are of such a size (Fig. 50, IP) that four, or six, or nine, etc., will just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one side of each large frame are two tin strips '(Kg. 50, t, t') as long as the frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of the large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus permitting the bees to pass readily from •one tier of sections to another, as do the narrower top and Pig. bottom-bars of the sections, from those below to those above. I learned of such an arrangement of sections from A. I. Root. Captain Hetherington tells me that Mr. Quinby used them years ago. The tin arrangement, though unlike Mr. Wheeler's (Fig. 52, M), would be readily suggested by it. It is more trouble to make these frames if we have the tins set in so as just to come flush with the edge of the end-bars of the frames, but then the frames would hang close together, and would not be so stuck together with propolis. These may be hung in the second story of a two-stoi^ hive, and just so many as to fill the same—my hives will take nine—or they can be put below, beside the brood-combs. Mr. DooHttle, in case he hangs these below, inserts a perforated division-board,. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , T. G. Newman
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