32 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



a J-in. space at each end of the frames. Next take 

 the inner walls B, and having bevelled the upper 

 edge of each on the unplaned side (see Fig. 11, 

 p. 21), nail the sides to them, keeping them lower 

 edges \ in. up from the bottom edges of the sides, 

 and making the planed faces coincide exactly with 

 the lines marked thereon, as shown by Fig. 19. 



As the internal dimensions of the hive, front to 

 back, are important, it will be advisable to pre- 

 pare a gauge-stick a piece of wood about 1 in. by 

 \ in. cut truly to length with which to keep the 



Fig-. 18, "Eke" for Increasing Height of Lift. 



inner walls the correct distance apart whilst nail- 

 ing ; it is also very important that the inner walls 

 are fixed at right angles to the sides. Measure the 

 distance from the top edges of the sides to the 

 upper edges of the inner walls, and, if all measure- 

 ments do not coincide, make them do so by planing 

 away the sides where they are highest. As shoot- 

 ing the edges of the sides A will have somewhat 

 reduced their width, the front and back boards, 

 c and D, must also be reduced in width to corre- 

 spond, and should have the inner face of each 

 smoothed with the plane for about 2 in. down from 



