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THE liEE-lllVES. 



Fig. 72. 



DIAGRAM OF OUR HIVE. 



AA, cross-pieces to support the bottom, 18x2x2. B, bottom, 25x17 VjX 

 %. C, apron, 10x17 i,l>x%. DD, front and rear of the hive, 16V,xl2i4x 

 %. E, entrance, 8x%. F, double board nailed at the rear, 18Uxl3x 

 %. GG, square slats to support the cover. H, lath, %xl%, to widen 

 the top edge of the front board. I, top bar of frame, 2014x1% wide x 

 % thick. JJJJ, rabbets % wide x% high, dug in front and rear boards, 

 and furnished with sheets of iron % inches wide, or metal spacers pro- 

 jecting \i of an inch, on which the frame-shoulders are supported. If 

 the grooves are not provided with these, their size should be V2X%. 



KKKK shows how the uprights NN of the frames are nailed to the top 

 bar. M, bottom bar of the frame, 17%x%x%. NN, sides of the frame, 

 lli/4x5-16x%. PP, front and rear of the cap, 18y2x9xT{s. RR, front 

 and rear of the surplus-box, 16i4x6%x%. T, empty space on 

 top of the surplus-box, l^A for the cloth and mat. JJ, top bar 

 of the surplus-frame, same as top-bar 7. V, bottom bar of the surplus 

 frame, same as M. YY, sides of the surplus frames, 6xi/4x%. 



The space between M and B is about V^ inch ; between DN, ND, VI, 

 RY, YR, should be Y^ to % of an inch. Hives of every size can be 

 constructed on this diagram, with the only caution to preserve the 

 spaces of the width indicated. Beth tcp bars are grooved on the under 

 side for foundation and wedge as per Fig. 69. 



