. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THE APIARY. 229 to make it g-enerally desirable for the apiarist to change all his hives, to secure a different style of frame. To make a I^angstroth frame I would use a top-bar {Fig, 96)—the fig-ure illustrates a Gallup frame which is square, and will serve to make this explanation clearer, eighteen and seven- eighths (ISJi) inches long, seven-eighths (%) of an inch wide, and one-fourth (X) of an inch thick. The end-bars (Fig. 96, b, b) should be eight and five-eighths (8^) inches long, and as wide and thick as the top-
. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THE APIARY. 229 to make it g-enerally desirable for the apiarist to change all his hives, to secure a different style of frame. To make a I^angstroth frame I would use a top-bar {Fig, 96)—the fig-ure illustrates a Gallup frame which is square, and will serve to make this explanation clearer, eighteen and seven- eighths (ISJi) inches long, seven-eighths (%) of an inch wide, and one-fourth (X) of an inch thick. The end-bars (Fig. 96, b, b) should be eight and five-eighths (8^) inches long, and as wide and thick as the top-bar. The top-bar is fastened to the end-bars, as shown in the figure, by nailing through it into Fig. 97. ^^^^^^B^^^^=S!^BE. BeoersibU Franu, Upper one hung in t?ie Hive, Lower one partly reversed. —From Tames Heddon. the ends of the end-bars, so as to leave the top-bar projecting three-fourths (^) of an inch. The bottom-bar is seventeen and three-eighths (17>^) inches long, and as wide and thick as the other parts—though it may be only one-half as thick if pre- ferred. It is also nailed to the ends of the end-bars, so that it is as long as the frame. The parts when made at the factory are often dovetailed so as to be more securely united. For some years I have used the reversible frame (Fig. 97), which has valuable features which would warrant its use were. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago : York
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