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edge, |"; into the opposite, or short edge, drive two nails near the 

 ends of the partition, letting them project J". These nails serve 

 the purpose of feet to support the weight of the honey which is stored 

 ^ the short frames resting by one end on this partition. The par- 

 tition is further held, across the centre of the length of the hive, 

 by two screws, one passing through each side of the hive into tho 

 partition, at the projections left upon the upper part of the ends. 

 This partition is used only when a double set of small frames are 

 put in a surplus honey-box of the same size as the lower hive. 



Small Frames for Surplus Honey. 



Top, 9$"xH"x^". Bottom, 7i"x |" x". Ends, or ver- 

 tical pieces, two pieces, 8f"xi"xi". Triangular comb-guide, 

 (if used), 6*"x*"x*"xi". 



Hive No. 2, with Observing-glass at the back. 



See perspective drawings (Figs. 16 and 17, p. 44), and the ver- 

 tical longitudinal section (Fig. 9, p. 28). and the vertical cross- 

 section (Fig. 13, p. 36), in which sectional drawings, and this 

 bill of stock, and the two others immediately succeeding it, parts 

 that are similar are marked with similar letters. This hive, in 

 one of the three forms given, is recommended as the best for gen- 

 eral use. 



(a) Bottom-board, 24t"xl5"x", tongued and grooved to- 

 gether, with the grain of the wood running across the hive ; the 

 board to be rabbeted from one surface, at each edge, across the 

 grain, -fa" x ^", to fit into grooves formed in the sides (c) ; six 

 holes are to be bored from the largest surface of this board, first 

 with a 1|" centre-bit. ^" deep, and then through with a li" bit.* 

 The centres of these holes are to be in the intersections of lines 

 gaged 3 1" from the centre of the width of the board, and 4i", 

 10i", and 164", from the rear of it. (b) Front of hive, 14i"x 

 8$"xi"; nail this between sides (c), f" below their upper edges, 

 and 4" from their notched ends, (c) Sides of hive, two pieces, 



* These holes, when not In use, are closed most conveniently by small covers cut 

 out of refuse tin with a punch. They should be made only in the bottom-boards 

 of those hives intended to be used one over another. 



