HIVES AND FRAMES. 



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ALiiENAiivis Enibance (Fig. 2j) has been approved. 

 12" X I", cut out of the floor board zk" from the front, 

 a cut of ij" X J" being taken from the floor board 

 to admit the doors ; no porch is required for this entrance ; the 

 doors cannot drop outj in case of robbing, the carbolic cloth 

 treatment (310), permitting entrance at one side only, can be 

 more easily applied ; having no projecting porch or alighting 

 board, the hive can be more safely conveyed by rail, or other- 

 wise. The Dummy (93) has its top bar projecting j" inwards, 

 so that the side of the comb next the Dummy may be properly 

 worked out by the bees. The Lift is 11" deep, made of 11" 

 timber, |" thick front and back, and i" thick for the sides, if 

 nailed, or i" thick front and back, if dovetailed; the inside 

 slips rest evenly on the four sides of the body-box, and so that 

 the lift, when inverted, does not rest upon the porch, and the 

 way is barred against ants, earwigs and other intruders. The 

 Roof is flat, 6" in front sloping to s" at baik (including the 

 overlap), is made of timber of the same scanthng as iht- lift, 

 is covered with zinc turned underneath, grooves under the four 

 overlaps preventing water running backwards; the projection 

 is i4" front and back, and f" at the sides ; double rones are 

 fitted in the roof front, in ij" hole chamfered on the inside to 

 permit the inner cone to fit home to its flange — an imiiortant 

 detail when cones are being used as bee escapes (273). The 

 nails used are " non-rusting," and the entire hive is put together 

 with white lead. 



92. The "Hibernian" Hive. — This hive, as to the body box, 

 is made on the lines of the " C.D.B." hive, with a porch extend- 

 ing across the entire width of the front. The lift is 11" deep, 

 and telescopes over the body box. The roof is flat, and 

 /inc-covered. The hive takes eleven frames and three section 

 crates, and is dovetailed throughout. 



93. The Dummy or Division Board 

 (Fig. 28) is made to fit the body-box (86). 

 It consists of a piece, 14I" x 8i" x |", 



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jrig. 28. 

 DIVISION BOABD, OB DUMMY. 



riff. 29. 



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END OF DUMMY. 



with a top bar of 16" x J" x i", to run on the chamfered tops 

 of the inner walls. It is, therefore, level with the tops of the 

 frames Two plinths, W x ij" x f", are nailed to the back 



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