. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 131 narrow frame stuff is to be cut should be |ths of an inch. The top and end bars (A and B B Fig. 53) should be fths of an inch thick, and the bottom bar (c) i of an inch. The length of the top bar is 18|-in.; end bars, 8|in.; and bottom bar, 17|in. When the end bars are nailed fths of an inch from each end of the top bar, as shown in the engraving, and


. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 131 narrow frame stuff is to be cut should be |ths of an inch. The top and end bars (A and B B Fig. 53) should be fths of an inch thick, and the bottom bar (c) i of an inch. The length of the top bar is 18|-in.; end bars, 8|in.; and bottom bar, 17|in. When the end bars are nailed fths of an inch from each end of the top bar, as shown in the engraving, and the bottom bar nailed on, the inside dimensions of the frame will f>t:^iiii<ff!i:^fiii)f;:!::!f:!f!(0^. Fig, 53 NARROW OR BROOD FRAME. be 17in. long and 8|-in. deep, the exact size required for the Langstroth hive. Before, however, nailing them together, a groove must be cut along the centre of the top bar -i-th of an inch wide, and of the same depth, for fastening a sheet of comb-foundation in. It would be better to do this before cutting the stuff into short lengths. BROAD OR SECTION FRAMES. The top, bottom, and end bars of these frames are exactly the same in length as the narrow frames, and with regard to thickness, should be made out of similar 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 Hopkins, Isaac, 1837-1925. Auckland, N. Z.


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