EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 375 



(u), in its proper position, and nail it to (uw) with two biads in 

 each end. 



Fig. 10, page 24, shows the arrangement of the circular saw to 



cut the triangular comb-guides. 



The first piece cut is waste ; as fast as a guide is sawed, the 

 piece from which it is cut must be turned over, end for end.* 



Surplus Honey Box. Fig. 24, page 120. 



Top and bottom, two pieces, i" x 6" x 5i". Bore in the centre 

 of the bottom, with If" centre-bit, Jg" deep from the outside of 

 the box, and then bore through with If bit. Sides, two pieces, 

 i" x 5|" wide x 5" high. Ends, glass, two pieces, 5" x 6", cut 

 from glass 10"xl2". A block, 5i"x5"x5f" 5 will be found 

 very convenient to nail the boxes together upon. 



Movable Stool for Hives. Figs. 16 and 17, page 44. 

 Two pieces for uprights, or legs ; rear leg 7" wide, front leg 5" 

 wide, both 20" x". Take two pieces, 32"xlt"xi", and nail 

 them to the top edge of the rear leg, flush with its ends, and pro- 

 jecting beyond it 4" ; nail them also to the front leg in the same 

 way, but let them project 9". Then brace the legs and top strips, 

 as shown in the figure. Hive No. 1, and any of the forms of Hive 

 No. 2, will sit upon this stool, between the top strips ; cotton 

 cloth (p. 279) is tacked to the alighting board, and to the longest 

 ends of the top strips. Hive No. 5, also sits upon this stool, the 

 top strips going between the clamps on the bottom of the hive. 

 Hive No. 4 must be set upon the strips of this stool. 



Movable Blocks for Entrance-Regulators, f Figs. 11, 16. 17, and 



18, pages 28, 44, and 48. 



Fig. 11 is a right-angled triangle, i" thick X4"x5f"x7. In 

 the bottom, grooves are cut I" deep xi" wide, as traps for the 

 larvae of the bee-moth. Two of these blocks, made right and 



* To save beveling the first edge of the board by hand, the edge of the angular 

 bed on the saw bench should be placed against the gage, with the saw passing 

 through it, instead of against the saw, as represented in the figure. 



trigs. 12 and 19, pages 28 and 48, show the old arrangement for uniting the 

 Non-Swarmer with the entrance-block*. 



