. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 198 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [February 1, 1882. place. For fixing the frame-ends we would recommend screws, to go through the cheeks of the top-ends, and also through the bars, because it may some day be convenient to enlarge the hive by widening it, in which case, by withdrawing the screws and providing new bottom rails, the frames may be widened at pleasure, which cannot be done with the frames in any other form of hive. The frames having been made, the box must be prepared to receive them: they are 8 ins. high, and require to be support
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 198 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [February 1, 1882. place. For fixing the frame-ends we would recommend screws, to go through the cheeks of the top-ends, and also through the bars, because it may some day be convenient to enlarge the hive by widening it, in which case, by withdrawing the screws and providing new bottom rails, the frames may be widened at pleasure, which cannot be done with the frames in any other form of hive. The frames having been made, the box must be prepared to receive them: they are 8 ins. high, and require to be supported by their ends, so that they shall be from | to j in. from the bottom, which can be easily effected by nailing strip3 of wood along both sides, inside the box, at the necessary height. If the top bars of frames arc i in. in thickness, the top edge of the strips must be 7£ ins. above the bottom ; but if they be f in. thick the tops of the strips will. be I in. lower. The woodcut will show how the frames are to be placed, side by side; and when an entrance way has been made in the front end of the box they may be placed inside upon the strips, which may now be considered the runners. The box we arc presuming to be about !j() ins. long, and we strongly advise as much as this, because it maybe convenient, for wintering purposes, to put two stocks in it, separated rJy a thin board only or a solid comb, in which case the heat will be greatly economised ; and in any case a little spare room in such a hive can do no possible harm, but may be found highly convenient.* With the frames in position, it will he seen that there is, or may be, considerable space between the hive walls and the inner hive, and it will naturally occur to many that the bees will get from under the hive proper and take possession of these spaces, but if they do it will be simply because they have been stinted of room in their own domain. Should any one fear this eventuality, and wish to provide against it, a mo
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