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must be exactly alike to be interchangeable one with 

 the other. The thickness of the timber used principally 

 throughout the hive is seven-eighths of an inch ; and as 

 one-inch boards — the nearest size most easily obtained 

 — when well seasoned are a sixteenth less, there is just 

 sufficient substance left to allow of a smooth surface 

 being put on one side with a plane. The body of the 



Fig. 20. END OF HIVE (iNSIDE VIEW). 



hive, with which I will start, is loin. deep, and takes 

 exactly 5ft. 11 in. of board to form the two sides and 

 two ends; so that boards 12ft. by ift. will cut two 

 bodies, allowing two inches for saw cuts and waste. I 

 would advise getting ift. boards, as the exact loin. can 



Fig. 21. END OF HIVE (OUTSIDE VIEw). 



be cut after they are seasoned. Plane the 12 by ift. 

 board on one side, reducing the thickness to seven- 

 eighths of an inch, or buy the timber already planed, 

 and run a trying plane along one edge till the edge is 



