. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. STAPLE-SPACED FRAMES. latter with their rounding edges allow the frames to slide past each other worse. OTHER SELF-SPACING DEVICES. Various spacing-devices have been sug- gested at different times. A few of these we present here, leaving the reader to judge of their relative merits. It will not be neces- sary to describe them in detail, as the engravings make plain their manner of con- struction and use. It will be noted that there a
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. STAPLE-SPACED FRAMES. latter with their rounding edges allow the frames to slide past each other worse. OTHER SELF-SPACING DEVICES. Various spacing-devices have been sug- gested at different times. A few of these we present here, leaving the reader to judge of their relative merits. It will not be neces- sary to describe them in detail, as the engravings make plain their manner of con- struction and use. It will be noted that there are two kinds of spacing-devices. One is made a part of the frame and the other a part of the rabbet. It would seem at first glance that the latter would be a very happy solution of the prob- lem of automatic spacing, as it would leave the frames without projections in the way of uncapping; but the fact is, rabbet or hive spacers have never been very popular, and. IIIVE-RABHET SPACERS.* * These are nailed on the side of or in the wooden liive-rabbet—the top-bars or frames resting between the notches or bends of the sheet metal or 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 Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company
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