Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 2.—ACTUAL SIZE. First he took some strips of metal and boredholes in them the right distance apart. Inthese he inserted wires of the same caliberas the holes. He then had what might becalled a metal fence with a distance betweenthe bars of xVVo- When he first showed this. FIG. 3.—THE MARBACH IMPROVED ALLEYTRAP. idea to us we felt somewhat skeptical, be-cause we felt that the distance between theholes might vary. But he (luickly correctedus by saying they could be punched so as tobe exactly right. Then we interposed theobjection that it would be difficult to feed
Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 2.—ACTUAL SIZE. First he took some strips of metal and boredholes in them the right distance apart. Inthese he inserted wires of the same caliberas the holes. He then had what might becalled a metal fence with a distance betweenthe bars of xVVo- When he first showed this. FIG. 3.—THE MARBACH IMPROVED ALLEYTRAP. idea to us we felt somewhat skeptical, be-cause we felt that the distance between theholes might vary. But he (luickly correctedus by saying they could be punched so as tobe exactly right. Then we interposed theobjection that it would be difficult to feedthese wires through ^^ holes, and that the 1602 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Dec. 15 cost of the device would put it beyond thereach of bee-keepers. He went back to the shop, and a few daysafterward he came back showing that it wasnot necessary to punch or bore the holes inthe posts. He laid the series of straightenedwires in a grooved form, then poured meltedtype metal into transverse grooves, makinga product like that shown in Fig. 1, which isactual size. This was so neat and pretty.
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