TIERING BAR-FRAME BEEHIVE. 37 



the body-box, and also to break joint so as to ex- 

 clude draughts and small vermin. 



To make the roof, nail the gables s to the sides 

 T, after having bevelled the upper edges of the 

 latter to correspond with the slope given to the 



Fig. 23. Cutting Beehive Roof Gables. 



wings. In cutting out the gables there will be a 

 certain waste of material if one pair only is re- 

 quired ; but where not less than three pairs are cut 

 out at one time, they can be cut from an 11-in. 

 board with very little waste, as shown by Fig. 23, 

 the shaded portions representing the " waste. ;; 

 On each side of the centre line of each gable 



