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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



FIG. 12. HIVE. 



12, b] two and one-half inches wide are nailed. Just on the 

 inside, at the upper edge, sheet iron or heavy tin strips (Fig. 



12, e) three-fourths of an inch 

 wide are tacked, so as to pro- 

 ject above one-fourth of an 

 inch. On these rest the frames 

 (Fig. 12, d). This keeps the 

 frames from being glued fast 

 to the hive. In the middle 

 of one end at the lower edge, 

 a strip eight inches long and 

 three-eighths of an inch wide 



is sawed out to form an en- 

 trance. 



The bottom board (Fig. 

 13, a) is four inches longer and 

 two inches wider than the hive. It is nailed fast to supports (Fig. 

 13, bb), which raise the hive four inches from the earth. This 

 is not nailed fast to the hive, though some prefer to have it 

 (Fig. 11). The alighting board 

 (Fig. 13, c] I also prefer sep- 

 arate. The figure explains its 4 



construction. m 



The second story, or rather 

 half story (Fig. 12) is also a box without top or bottom, two 

 inches longer and two inches wider than the body of the hive, 

 and only eight inches high. This also has shoulder pieces (Fig. 

 12, c), on which may rest the top. When in position this second 

 story shuts around the body and rests on the shoulders (Fig. 

 12, b\ as seen in the figure. 



The cover (Fig. 14) I make with a gable, as it dries off 



quicker after a rain, is not so 

 apt to leak, and looks better. 

 This shuts around the upper 

 story and rests on the shoul- 

 der pieces (Fig. 12, c}. 

 Some prefer to have the entrance cut into the bottom board 



FIG. 13. 



M. CoVKK. 



