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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



run, and is 2 feet 8 inches 



wide. It should be. cut as 



shown in Fig. 7. Make 



a notch in a lath, 17 

 inches from its end, at 

 I inch from which bore 

 a hole with a brad-awl, 

 which stick 16 inches 

 from the end of the felt 

 at B, and equally dis- 

 ^'S- 7- tant — that is, 16 inches 



— from each edge. With chalk in the notch in the lath 

 run round the three-quarter circle. A, C, E. Now place the 

 awl at A, and describe the three-quarter circle F, D, B. 

 Cut out the two covers through F, A, B, E. Draw their 

 straight edges together, until one edge touches the dotted 

 line. Tack these two edges together into a thin lath, and 

 the cover is in form. The waste pieces of felt, which 

 will be very small, will suffice for four straps, to be 

 fastened ' underneath by clenched nails, and which may 



be tied to the hive by a' 

 string passing round it. 

 This will effectually pre- 

 vent the cover being blown 

 away in the. stiffest gales. 

 Fig. 8 shows the cover com- 

 plete ; it will be 24 inches 

 in diameter, G, H, and will 

 consequence of its greater size, far better 

 than a milk-pan, while it costs only ^^d. 

 Coated with tar, and afterwards sprinkled with hot sand, 

 this cover will last many years. The same form in zinc 

 would be more sightly, but it would cost about is. 6d. 

 for material." 



Fig. 8. 



afford, in 

 protection 



