28 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS* APPLIANCES. 



slating batten. These sizes allow for slight waste 

 in trimming, but nothing for waste caused by 

 shakes or large knots. It will be presumed that 

 all the material is cut to size and jftaned as in- 

 dicated by the table, and edges and ends squared 

 and shot true. 



An isometric view of the hive arranged for 

 summer use is shown by Fig. 14 ; it consists of 

 floor-board F B, hive-body or brood-nest B N, in- 

 vertible lift I L, roof R F, and detachable porch D p. 

 Fig. 15 is an isometric view of the same hive 

 arranged for winter with the lift inverted, thus 

 forming what is practically a triple-walled hive. 

 This illustration also shows the hive mounted upon 

 a rough stand which is a condensed milk box, in 

 size 19 in. by 13 in. by 7 in. deep, outside measure- 

 ments. These boxes are strong, arid answer the 

 purpose capitally ; and if given a coat of hot tar 

 before being put into use, they will last for years. 



The projection in front of the hive is a rough 

 alighting board, the use of which is to keep the 

 space immediately in front of the hive clear, and 

 to prevent tired home-coming bees from being 

 blown upon the ground or grass in front of the 

 hive where, in cold, wet, and windy weather, many 

 are liable to fall to rise no more. These rough 

 alighting boards are from 15 in. to 18 in. (more or 

 less) long, front to back, and in width the width of 

 the floor-board ; they can be made of the roughest 

 material the rougher the better, as affording a 

 firmer foothold for the bees secured to the under- 

 side of fillets about 1 in. by | in. in section ; these 

 fillets project about an inch above the boarding so 

 as to rest on the floor-board of the hive. A couple 

 of notches should be cut in the underside of the 

 bottom fillet to allow water to drain off, and the 

 board may be left rough, not painted or coated in 

 any way. 



Fig. 16 is a longitudinal section of the hive 

 shown by Fig. 14, showing two shallow-frame boxes 



