FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



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At Fig. 90 will be seen a bottom-board for a nucleus 

 hive. You will notice that the two pieces that run length- 

 wise through the center of the bottom-board are a quar- 

 ter of an inch shallower than the rim of the bottonv- 

 board. If they were 2 inches .leep instead of 1^4, the 

 bottom-bars of the frames would rest directly on them. 

 Of course the division-boards are deep enough to come 

 clear down uj^on these two pieces. 



fig. 86. — Starters in Breeding Frame. 



Two nucleus-hives will be seen at Fig. 91. The one 

 at the right faces us, showing the entrance at each side. 

 The back of the left hive is toward us, showing the round 

 liole near the top. which serves as an entrance to the mid- 

 dle compartment. 



LARGE SPACE FOR MIDDLE FRAME. 



In one of these side compartments there is abundant 

 room for two frames and a dummy, and three frames 

 without the dummy can with care be crowded in. The 

 -central compartment will of course take only one frame. 



