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The hive body being made to correct size and 

 as a precautionary measure it is well to have a 

 bar-frame handy to try the fit from time to time 

 during the making, so as to avoid mistakes the 

 base and roof are made to correspond. Supposing 

 the sides A (Fig. 84) are made of wood planed up 

 to | in. thick, the width of the base-board will be 

 8i in., and if the ends B are of -in. stuff, the 

 length of the flat part on which the body of the 

 hive rests will be 18 in. ; and allowing 5 in. for the 

 flight-boards before the hive door, the total length 

 will be 23 in. 



Fig. 88. Distance Rack. 



Fig-. 87. Division-board. 



The construction of the base-board and the roof 

 can be best understood by reference to the figures. 

 The dotted lines in Fig. 84 show the roof in plan. 

 In each of the four inside corners of the roof, 

 pieces of wood of square section (D, Fig. 85) are 

 nailed ; these rest on the corners of the hive body, 

 and support the roof in position. The door is cut 

 as shown at E (Fig. 85), and a strip of wood is 

 nailed to the lower part of the sides A (Fig. 84) 

 to keep the hive upon the footboard. These strips 

 are shown in Fig. 83, but, in order to avoid con- 

 fusion, are not shown in Fig. 84. 



When the hive is used for queen-rearing, it 

 would be contracted so as just to hold three 



