. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. nail through them sideways they will split. Tf the work has been carried out properly the frame will be quite true, so that when held flatwise it will be seen that all the edges are parallel with each other; if this is not the case then it must be twisted till. they assume that position, otherwise, when placed in the hive they will hang irregu- larly, so that imperfect combs and bracing of the same will result. We are now ready for the wiie, which is obtained in reels. This is of 30 gauge. and must be tinned. During the opera- tion it must
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. nail through them sideways they will split. Tf the work has been carried out properly the frame will be quite true, so that when held flatwise it will be seen that all the edges are parallel with each other; if this is not the case then it must be twisted till. they assume that position, otherwise, when placed in the hive they will hang irregu- larly, so that imperfect combs and bracing of the same will result. We are now ready for the wiie, which is obtained in reels. This is of 30 gauge. and must be tinned. During the opera- tion it must be kept quite straight, any twists or kinks will cause it to break, therefore it is advisable to have a stand for the reel. Fig. 6 illustrates one form of stand which can be screwed to the wall at the back of the bench, or on to the bench itself ; another neat arrangement is that shown in Fig. 7, designed by the Rev. F. S. F. Tannings, with the idea of only having the reel exposed when working,. 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 London
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