. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. Fig. 4. We will next deal with Messrs. Neigh- bour's method. They run tiie patent of Mr. James Lee who has brought out many of the notions used among British beekeep- ers. Lee's frames are put together witli- out nails or screws; the top and bottom- bars are both split and the frame is held together by " dovetails " as a glance at flg. 5 will Fig. 5. The " metnl ends" keep the top-bar to- gether and hold the sheet of foundation firm, and the saw-cut in the bottom-bar i
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. Fig. 4. We will next deal with Messrs. Neigh- bour's method. They run tiie patent of Mr. James Lee who has brought out many of the notions used among British beekeep- ers. Lee's frames are put together witli- out nails or screws; the top and bottom- bars are both split and the frame is held together by " dovetails " as a glance at flg. 5 will Fig. 5. The " metnl ends" keep the top-bar to- gether and hold the sheet of foundation firm, and the saw-cut in the bottom-bar is large enough to allow the foundation to hang loose in it. Should the founda- tion "sag" as it sometimes will in hot Aveather while the bees are working it out into combs, this large slit allows the "sag" to drop through tiie bottom bar and when the beos work down to the bottom- bar they make tlie cells fast. You then have tiie frame Idled completely wilh comb without "inverting," and any "sag" there might have been caused can be cleaned off level with the bottom of the bottom-bar. This plan allows of perfect combs without a bee-passage; moreover, the combs are Avorked as level as a board. Lee's frames are also easy to ship, with cheap freights as a consequence, as they pack into a very small compass and can be put together by the beekeeper without nails or screws. SECTIONS. I Avill now tell you how we apply simi- lar ideas to sections. We mostly use one- piece sections; many of us have split one quarter and put the foundation in as we fold them as shown at fi". 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 Wenham, Mass. S. M. Locke and co
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