. Gleanings in bee culture. S, AS AVELL AS ] WIDE FRAMES, AT THE WILL OF THE I OPERATOR. ! sjnpjijRiEND ROOT:--Herewith I send you by ex-j jifi press the styje of brood-frame I prefer fox*I — my own use, and the one I have been usingmore or less since 1876. The frame,a9 you will no-tice, is more shallow than the standard Langstroth,I being only 7 inches deep and ICs inches long, inside; measure; 7i^ inches deep and 17?b inches long, out-j side measure. The frame being reiersiWe, I makethe top and bottom pieces, as you will see, of thesame thickness. I prefer to make my frames now,\ top, bottom
. Gleanings in bee culture. S, AS AVELL AS ] WIDE FRAMES, AT THE WILL OF THE I OPERATOR. ! sjnpjijRiEND ROOT:--Herewith I send you by ex-j jifi press the styje of brood-frame I prefer fox*I — my own use, and the one I have been usingmore or less since 1876. The frame,a9 you will no-tice, is more shallow than the standard Langstroth,I being only 7 inches deep and ICs inches long, inside; measure; 7i^ inches deep and 17?b inches long, out-j side measure. The frame being reiersiWe, I makethe top and bottom pieces, as you will see, of thesame thickness. I prefer to make my frames now,\ top, bottom, and end pieces, all of one thickness;to-wit, ?8 inch. This enables me to dispense entlre-1 ly with the diagonal wires when wiring the frames! for fdn. 1 use, as you will see, only 6 vertical wires,No. 30, for wiring fdn. by hand. I have also usedlive, seven, and eight such wires, but find six to be1 just about the right number for frames as shallowas mine. For the Given preFS 1 should use eightvertical wires of No. BALDRIDGES REVERSIBLE FRAME. I prefer, also, tine wire-nail loops for the wires inplace of the holes bored or punched through the topand bottom pieces of the frame; nails U inch long,and of No. 20 wire, are about the best I have triedfor wood ?a inch thick. Those with flat heads, ormoulding-nails with pin heads, will answer. Youwill see both kinds in the frame sent you. You will 156 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. MAH. notice that I begin at one corner of the frame towire the nail loops, and do not stop till I reach theopposite corner. I have no trouble to wire thusright from the spool; but the better way, perhaps,is to cut the wires first the proper length will also see that the loops are bent in pairs, inopposite directions, so as to guard against the possi-bility of the wires slipping or getting off. You willfind it pretty difficult to slip the wires off the loops,as arranged; but turn them half way round, theright way, and then you can slip them of
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