. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 2.— SlI'KK FOK ChL'NK HONEV frame is absolutely essential for our purpose, as will hereafter be explained. Fig. 2 represents one of our supers with 10 frames. The super is .5-?4 inches deep, while the frames are -5^8 inches in depth. These hang on plain, square shoulders or rabbets without tins. No tin rabbets are necessary. The frames, 5^8 deep, as shown in Fig. 3, are the regular shallow Hoffman style, as put out by most manufacturers, that they differ in the top-bars used, .^s made regularly at the factory, they are too wide. The
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 2.— SlI'KK FOK ChL'NK HONEV frame is absolutely essential for our purpose, as will hereafter be explained. Fig. 2 represents one of our supers with 10 frames. The super is .5-?4 inches deep, while the frames are -5^8 inches in depth. These hang on plain, square shoulders or rabbets without tins. No tin rabbets are necessary. The frames, 5^8 deep, as shown in Fig. 3, are the regular shallow Hoffman style, as put out by most manufacturers, that they differ in the top-bars used, .^s made regularly at the factory, they are too wide. These are l!s inches wide, making the spaces between the top- bars of the frames too narrow for best results, as the passage-way from one super to another is cut off too much, and discourages the bees more or less, so that a loss in surplus honey results. They are made only Is inch thick, and with a deep, wide groove for inserting foundation-starters, so that they are too weak, and sooner or later sag, and allow bur and brace combs to be built between the tops and bottoms of the several supers. Our frames have a narrower but thicker top-bar, full fi-inch wide, and full >^-inch thick, which makes the frames much stronger; no sagging re- sults, and the trouble with bur combs is thus prevented. We have no groove for foundation-starters in these top- bars, as, first, it only weakens them, is an expense, and then we abso- lutely do not need them with our meth- ods of fastening the foundation. ' On the contrary, they are an abominable nuisance to us, and prevent fast work, as they are in the way. Even if we should use them the first time, they would be filled with wax each succes- sive time foundation was put in the. 3.—Shallow Frame for Chink Honev. frames, and our experience has long taught us that it did not pay to clean out these grooves. How the foundation is fastened in them will be described later. In answer to numerous enquiries from those wishing to procure the pr
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