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to hold two " Standard " frames and six sections. They are 

 very suitable for use at exhibitions and shows ; and are most 

 useful to those who desire to study the hive-labours of the bee, 



91. "I. B. A. 1909" Hive In iqog, the committee of the 



Irish Beekeepers' Association adopted specifications for an 

 improved hive, which were published in full in the Irish See 

 .Journal for June and July of that year. The Floor Board 

 of this hive is made level, so that the hive body may be moved 

 back to admit a feeder on the "Alexander" principle (123); 

 the "J.G.D." ventilator (lUusn. p. 197, and Fig. iii, p. iq8) is 

 4" X 8", is covered with perforated zinc, and has a graduated 

 sliding door underneath, working from the back of the hive ; 

 the rabbet of the alighting board (85) is increased to J", in 

 order to provide better support for a hiving board. The Hive 

 Body has inner walls of g", and outer walls of 10" (except the 



Fig 26. Fig 27. 



THE "I.B.A. 1909" HIVE, 

 front, which is gi", so as not to overlap the floor board), and 

 measures ig" x 22^", which accommodates 13 frames and a 

 dummy, while the extra width facilitates manipulation with 

 the lift (87) in position, and permits better packing of supers 

 (266) to preserve warmth ; a slip at each side, to stop the ends 

 of the frames, reduces the inside measurement there to 17"; 

 a slip, I" deep and j\" thick at bottom bevelled to V thick at 

 top, is attached to the upper inside front, leaving 5" space 

 between each end of the slip and the opposite edge of the frame 

 shoulder, so that the usually neglected outer edge of the front 

 comb may be worked out by the bees, while the passing up of 

 bees between the front of the lift and the super is prevented. 

 The DooES (Fig. 26) are supported by brass screws working 

 in 71" slots, fp that they can neither jam nor drop out. An 



