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JULY 24, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
107. 
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is] beehive-maker can of them procure at little 
cost all the necessary wood to make the hive, and 
. with e editors' permission I will м сайты to give 
such Ap instr ime as wi po 
ient, and = some little hodie 
fications I shall follow its desig 
en we bui ouse ея commence with the 
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ud à Bag the two inner edges to sete 
E id prepare two battens, as c, of unplan 
q which nail or screw crosswise uit inca 
d. e floor 
f the thickness of 
- the wood, as at E. е а OP of zinc 143 by 
4 I inch, and fasten ее with tin over the angle 
mie xh so that the upper 
exactly i 
_ pieces wood together, 
1 Ihe ЕСЕ Р will be complete 
- will be composed of t 
of оша ards, order of G, I, Н, О, will 
: the top. "i POR be pertelved that I has a 
Grenlar hole 14 inch diameter, cut clean through the 
- wood, for use in feeding. hen access to a super is 
- required to be given to the bees, it is only necessary 
before o, and the upper edge, as also the outer 
upper кча of the sides К must be bevelled off at such 
he fi 
angle as will allow О to lie flat, t re 
of the complete hive. The fillets L, M, mu ш 
паї on J, the €— s 2, Pan 
when the upper store rey sh val ft 
easily over the hive body, the fillet keeping it wether 
planed - one side. 
Ж have fixed on a 
Ganges screwed o 
other on the hive’s side uec and on the back fillet 
wood, к and s of 3-inch, and they need not be 
Now having a s rA some bell-staples or 
ig the side of ee top 
bar on the left = nd s ide, Ys at а, and one into the 
opposite side at ^; these pins form ditat guides, 
and should he fr 
uced : 
should be screwed or nailed 
n the sides of the hive, which 
ve now described the simplest and least expen- 
жый ia hive-making. ОЁ course, if ы 
sides, and са it vcr or hem engen 
the joinery by naili all the exterior angles t 
Pa or zinc Mie. an ith Е may be ha 
less from old Australian meat tins. 
ommend that the nails use the French wire- 
, y beh f all sizes, are much easier 
fast. 
to drive, requiring no bradawl, and 
Now for the expense. If all the materials have to be 
urchased new, the wood (including legs) and nails 
will cost as nearly as poss 5., to must be 
added 1s. for the paint. All the wood may be bought 
laned on one side, whi y enha its cost 
mere trifle. Should second-hand temper be used the 
cost will be, of comete, „considerably xe $ 
should in 
t various angles, and 
w vite seam 
will be found. serviceable der years hence. Fohn 
Hunter, Eaton Rise, Ealing. 
HoNEY ExTRACTORS.— One of your —— Fe 
(7? Veritas ”), at p. 75, refers to a shor of A 
т LT Валар, ma recently odds y нА your 
o state that Mr. Rushbridge's 
so eerie on ee ‘bo ary before Tke Manual 
a cays ге (bv Mr. Hunter) which was brought 
by Hardwicke; therefore: your notice was strictly 
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о reverse the pieces G, placing the slit inwards ; the 
ive parts of the crown-board will not require joining 
ogether, being handier separate, they do not cast so 
side and a portion of the hive сап be unco vered 
1 b уан st advan Yfect Same is an 
р peer clamber to the CE which supers may 
+ placed and feeding carried on undisturbed by 
Ere M, two of each, will form this, and 
Ш be roofed by N and o, м must be nailed on 
FIG. 22.—DETAILS OF THE COTTAGE HIVE, - 
t a, and on the 
boe that point, scre 
these two rings ordei with 27 inches 
cord, will permit the hive cover to be 
without removal from the hive: it will be found a 
convenience. 
Th hole MN should now be well painted 
M or 4 coats of li it-coloured етйн апа 
with the fi 
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Sipe of wood, елы, мъ т be aie df 
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correct in stating the honey extractor, or *'slinger," 
was first mentioned in A Book for Bee-heepers. No 
doubt, коше е, it been men i. cuta: and 
devoting their columns to 
I тераа the little and really enthu- 
E for 
iary. 
siastic volume, А Воо Bee-heeper 
i in several stalls and sho 
