TIERING BAR-FRAME BEEHIVE. 



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lift when the latter is telescoped over the body- 

 box at the approach of winter. 



Fig. 16 shows the shape of the porch brackets 

 p B which are to be fixed 2 in. in from the ends of 

 the back PA after the top edge of the latter has 

 been bevelled to correspond with the slope of the 

 tops of the brackets. Nail on the distance fillet 

 p c | in. from the bottom edge of the back, and, 

 after bevelling the back edge of the slope so that 

 the top back edge fits close against the hive front 

 when the porch is in position, nail it to both the 

 back and the two brackets, allowing a projection 

 of \ in. over the back edge of the former. A couple 

 of l^-in. screw-eyes brass will be preferable with 

 a washer under the head of each, will provide an 



Fig. 24. Beehive Roof Wings. 



easy means of securing the porch, and they should 

 be inserted outside the brackets so as to be easily 

 got at without disturbing the occupants of the hive. 



The entrance-slides P F, with which to contract 

 the entrance formed in the floor-board, are simply 

 pieces of wood rectangular in section with the ends 

 cut square, and having a small screw-eye or round- 

 headed screw inserted in each as a handle to assist 

 in drawing it backward and forward in the recess 

 formed at the back of the porch. When entirely 

 withdrawn, the slides may be placed in the open 

 space behind the back of the porch above the dis- 

 tance fillet. 



Punch in all nail heads, and give the hive at 

 least three coats of some light-coloured paint, stop- 

 ping the nail holes with putty between the first and 

 second coats. Although the inside of the hive need 



