Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 1.—ACTUAL SIZE. conceived the idea of spacing straight wiresthe correct distance apart. He argued inhis own mind that these round bars or wireswould have perfectly smooth edges, and pro-vide an easier means of passage than thenarrow slots punched out of metal havingmore or less of a burr 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
Gleanings in bee culture . FIG. 1.—ACTUAL SIZE. conceived the idea of spacing straight wiresthe correct distance apart. He argued inhis own mind that these round bars or wireswould have perfectly smooth edges, and pro-vide an easier means of passage than thenarrow slots punched out of metal havingmore or less of a burr 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
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