. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 314 Wired Frames, the frame has not the projection the comb can be pressed directly on the top-bar and then bent at right angles, as with the Parker foundation fastener. To make this more secure a narrow strip may be tacked to the top-bar, press- ing the foundation. Our English friends use a double top- bar which is dovetailed to the uprights of the frame. Thus in putting together the frame the foundation is pressed between the two halves of the top-bar and so firmly held in place. The above methods are successful, but pro
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 314 Wired Frames, the frame has not the projection the comb can be pressed directly on the top-bar and then bent at right angles, as with the Parker foundation fastener. To make this more secure a narrow strip may be tacked to the top-bar, press- ing the foundation. Our English friends use a double top- bar which is dovetailed to the uprights of the frame. Thus in putting together the frame the foundation is pressed between the two halves of the top-bar and so firmly held in place. The above methods are successful, but probably will receive valuable modifications at the hands of the ingenious Fig. apiarists of our land. If we have frames with the V-shaped top-bar (Fig. 69), we may easily break'the foundation and press it on, as shown in Fig. 127. WIRED FRAMES. But as foundation does sometimes fall or sag, so that many cells are changed to drone-cells, or warp into awk- ward shapes, especially if the hive is unshaded, or receives a full colony of bees with all its frames full of foundation, and as the wax is sometimes so brittle that it will not hold together, however well fastened, wired frames (Figs. 128 and 70) are rapidly coming into use. Another point strongly in favor of such frames is, that thev can be handled or shipped, and there is not the least danger of their combs falling from the frames. Mr. Jones states that with wired frames we may use thinner foundation and thus save one- third the expense. The wires should be two inches apart,. 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. : George W. York & Co.
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