. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAL, OF THK APIARY. 245 The sections are of such a size (Fig-. 110) that four, six or nine, etc., will just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one side of each large frame are two tin, or thin wooden, strips (Fig. 110, t, t) in case separators are to be used, as long as the frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of the Fig. Qallup Frame with Sections,—Original. large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus permitting the bees
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAL, OF THK APIARY. 245 The sections are of such a size (Fig-. 110) that four, six or nine, etc., will just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one side of each large frame are two tin, or thin wooden, strips (Fig. 110, t, t) in case separators are to be used, as long as the frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of the Fig. Qallup Frame with Sections,—Original. large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus permitting the bees to pass readily from one tier of sections to another, as do the narrower top and bottom bars of the sections, from those below to those above. Captain Hetherington tells me that Mr. Quinby used these many years ago. It is more trouble to make these frames if we have the tins set in so as just to come flush with the edge of the end-bars of the frames, but then the frames would hang close together, and would not be so stuck together with propolis. These may be hung in the second story of a two-story hive, and just enough to fill the same—my hives will take nine—or they can be put below, beside the brood-combs. Mr. Doolittle, in case he hangs these below, inserts a perforated division-board, so that the queen will not enter the sections and lay 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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