. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. HIVE-MAKING. 133 HIVE-MAKING. The tin is so cut, that, when a i fold is made on each end, it can be just snapped in- to the notches at A and B. They can be used without tacking; but those we ship are tacked fast with four slender brads. The tin should be stretched on the frame, to pre- vent its bu
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. HIVE-MAKING. 133 HIVE-MAKING. The tin is so cut, that, when a i fold is made on each end, it can be just snapped in- to the notches at A and B. They can be used without tacking; but those we ship are tacked fast with four slender brads. The tin should be stretched on the frame, to pre- vent its bulging and making depressions and elevations in the comb honey. The shallow notches are very quickly made in the bolt of end-bars, with a common rabbet-plane. To guide it in the exact spot, and to have it cut the notches of the proper width, a frame of strips of board is placed over the bolt which guides the FRAME FILLED WITH SECTIONS OF HONEY. A great many, at first view, ask why we do not use solid plank, and rip off the strips after having done the grooving, etc. The great reason is, that we should be obliged to rip off these little pieces one at a time, and then handle them singly to plane, and tie up. With the plan I have given, we rip and plane 10 or 12 pieces in a strip ; when bun- dled up, we cut off 100 at once. This means, 100 cuts one way, and 10 the other, 110 in all, make 1000 pieces ; by the other plan, the workman would have to make 1000 move- ments. This system of working in wood can be used in making boxes and frames of almost every description, and for a great va- riety of woodwork, where great numbers of pieces are wanted exactly alike and at a very low figure. Now, about grooving the ends of the pieces, or the dovetailing, as it is frequently called. A while ago I told you how to saw one or two grooves at a time, by means of a steel track parallel with the saw, on which the first groove runs as soon as it is sawed, as a guide for the rest. This plan d
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