38 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



draw a line parallel thereto and distant \ in. ; then 

 temporarily tack on the wings v flush with one 

 gable, and with a straightedge draw a line across 

 both gable and wings, as shown by Fig. 24. Then 

 set a bevel to the lines marked, and plane away 

 the top edges of the wings as required. This done, 

 permanently nail the wings in position, allowing 

 them to project \\ in. over each gable. Cut away 

 the point of each gable level with the bevelled edges 

 of the wings, and nail on the cover-board w, first 

 coating its underside, also each bevel, with thick 

 paint. Well nail each joint at 3-in. intervals, and 

 clinch the nails inside, or screw the joints together 

 from the underside ; and if the roof covering is 

 made of seasoned material and is kept painted, no 

 wet will ever find its way inside the hive. 



The rim of the roof should be \ in. larger each 

 w T ay inside than the outer dimensions of the lift, 

 and when the fillets R are tacked on inside, \ in. 

 up from the bottom edge, the roof is finished. 



For the purpose of providing a means of egress 

 to stray bees which may linger round the hive top 

 or surplus boxes after manipulations, and also for 

 use at certain seasons as a super clearer, it is well 

 to fit each roof with a cone, as shown by Fig. 7, 

 p. 17. A 1-in. hole should be bored in the front 

 gable previous to putting the roof together, over 

 which, after the hive is painted, a brass perforated 

 cone, which can be purchased for Ijd., is fixed with 

 brass escutcheon pins or small round-headed screws. 



The utility of a porch P D is, with some, a matter 

 for argument, it being contended that the advan- 

 tage it affords in sheltering the entrance to the hive 

 from rain-storms is quite overshadowed by its dis- 

 advantage at certain times, as, for instance, when 

 hiving a swarm. As the porch of this hive is de- 

 tachable, it is not open to any such objection ; a 

 few turns of a couple of screw-eyes suffice to remove 

 it from the body-box, and a few more turns will 

 refix it, either in its original position or upon the 



