THE "IV.Zt.C." BEEHIVE. 



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the body-box, is, except that it is 6 in. deep, 

 exactly the same as the body-box. The bar-frames 

 to fit are 5^ in. deep. 



The eke, for winter use only, is 3 in. deep, and 

 goes below the body-box. The four cleats nailed 

 to its top edge, shown in Fig. 26, are to keep it in 

 position under the body-box. The eke is not essen- 

 tial, but is used to raise the body-box to give 

 bottom ventilation when wintering the bees. It 

 can also be placed below the shallow frame-box 

 to bring it to the size of the body-box. 



The stand for the hive is simple in construction, 

 the only difficult part being in marking out the 



Fig. 29. Marking Out Legs of Stand. 



wood for the legs, which are splayed outwards in 

 the direction of the diagonals of the frame, to which 

 they are fixed. The splay of the legs depends on 

 the depth and thickness of the wood of the frame ; 

 and in order that the outside faces of the legs 

 should meet the bottom edge of the frame corners 

 exactly, the cross section of the legs must have 

 the form of a trapezium. 



Figs. 29 and 30 show how to find the correct 

 angles to which to set a bevel for marking out 

 the shoulders of the legs. From a point A (Fig. 29), 

 draw two lines A B and A c at right angles to each 

 other, making them equal or proportional to the 

 thickness of the wood of the stand frame that ia 



