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The ends (Fig. 26) are made in seven-eighths of an inch 

 timber, i6in. long, 4in. wide for ifin. in the centre, 

 then tapering down to ifin. wide at each end. A 

 rabbet, three-eighths of an inch wide by three-eighths 

 of an inch deep, is taken out of the lower edges on the 



inner or rough side, to allow it to fit over the rabbet 

 on upper edge of the body of hive, and another rabbet 

 is cut in the ends, as shown, seven-eighths of an inch 

 by half an inch deep, for the sides to house into. An 



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Fig. 27. SIDE OF COVER (iNSIDE VIEW). 



Inch hole for ventilation (shown in figure) should be 

 bored in the centre, and have a piece of perforated zinc 

 tacked over it. The side pieces (Fig. 27) are the same 

 thickness as the ends — ig^in. long, 2in. wide on the 



Fig. 2S. RIDGE BOARD OF COVER. 



insides, and ifin. wide on the outsides, the upper edges 

 being bevelled quarter of an inch to give them a similar 

 slope to the end pieces. The lower inside edges of 



