. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. Fig. 7.—Suction ot JJar-traino tlive : A, bar-frame with comb; B, walls of hive; C, floor-board; D, doorway; E. sectional super; F, cover of hive; G, quilt. Bees, in their wild state, store the iioney above tiiebrood-comlis : accordingly, a box of corresjiondingdimensions is fitted above the hive, while thewhole is protected by a sloping roof. A doorway 6 inches in length, and | inch in height, and asuitable floor-lxiard, complete the bar-rranie hivein its simplest form. Though the bars thusare hung at regular inter^^als. the bee
. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. Fig. 7.—Suction ot JJar-traino tlive : A, bar-frame with comb; B, walls of hive; C, floor-board; D, doorway; E. sectional super; F, cover of hive; G, quilt. Bees, in their wild state, store the iioney above tiiebrood-comlis : accordingly, a box of corresjiondingdimensions is fitted above the hive, while thewhole is protected by a sloping roof. A doorway 6 inches in length, and | inch in height, and asuitable floor-lxiard, complete the bar-rranie hivein its simplest form. Though the bars thusare hung at regular inter^^als. the bees wouldalmost always work their combe irregularly onthem, and the advantages of the frame-hivewould be lost. To obviate this, guide-combsare fixed to the under side of the top bar. Thinpieces of old comb, or even strips of melted wax,. Rg. 8. -Bar-frame Hive, with cover rais^ to showarrangement of bars. were formerly used for this purpose, A septum ofwax has recently been brought into use. however,that answers this purpose perfectly. This is knownas comb-foundation. and consists of thin sheetsof wax impressed in a machine on both sides withthe forms of the base of the cells. The bees taketo this at once, and work combs of perfect regu-larity and flatness. The strips of foundation usedmay l>e of any breadth, from i inch to a full using full sheets the bee-master is able to con-trol the birth of ilrones in the hive; for if worker-foundation—Le. fotmdation bearing the impress ofworker-cells—be used, the comb will necessarily becapable of containing only worker-brood. The bee-keeper is thus enabled to assist nature in preserv-ing the fittest by breeding drones from his bestqueens only. .Several thicknesses of carpet or feltare used as a quilt over the bars to confine the beesto their own chamber, as well
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