22 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS^ APPLIANCES. 



below the frame, as indicated by the section of the 

 hive (Fig. 10). 



The bees could now pass in at the entrance and 

 up between the inner and outer walls. To prevent 

 this, three strips of wood, | in. wide and 13| in. long 

 (the pieces cut off the inner walls will provide 

 these), are prepared to fit tightly in the vacant 

 space ; one of these strips (c, Fig. 10) is pushed 

 down at the front until it rests on the floor of 

 the hive and closes up the open space over the en- 

 trance ; the remaining two D D are fixed about \ in. 

 below the top edges of the inner walls E E ; this 

 prevents bees getting down whilst the hives are 

 being manipulated, and allows space enough for 

 the fingers to grip the frame ends. 



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Fig. 12. Box Cut to Fit Two Roofs. 



IE a roof is required it is desirable to provide 

 one a half-depth starch box may also be obtained, 

 and cut so that the sides slant from front to back, 

 giving a fall of about half the depth of the box say 

 2i in., or thereabouts (Fig. 12 shows how a box 

 may be cut to make two roofs). Nail some of the 

 surplus wood across the top, giving a projection of 

 about 1 in. on all sides, and, after nailing a 

 strengthening piece H inside from front to back, 

 sover the boa.rding with canvas, calico, felt, lino- 

 leum, sheet zinc, or something that, with paint or 

 other substance, can be made impervious to wet. 

 Even a sheet of stout brown paper will suffice 

 if both it and the woodwork are previously well 

 coated with thick paint, and the paper is after- 

 wards given two or more coats of paint. 



In order to keep the roof in position on the 



