HIVES AND FRAMES. 



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ALiEnNATivE EnikaxSce (Fig. 27) has been approved, 

 12 X I", cut out ot the floor board 3I" from the front, 

 a cut of iV' X 1" being taken from the floor board 

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

 doors cannot drop out; 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 ti" 

 timber, 3" thick front and back, and i" thick for the sides, if 

 nailed, or V 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 5" at back (including the 

 overlap), is made of timber of the same scantling as the lift, 

 is covered with zinc turned underneath, grooves under the four 

 overlaps preventing water running backwards ; the projection 

 is 1 2" front and back, and 3" at the sides; double cones 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 important 

 detail wfien 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 

 zinc-covered. The hive takes eleven frames and three section 

 crates, and is dovetailed throughout. 



93. Thie Dummy or Division Board 

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

 It consists of a piece, 14!'' x 81" x a", 



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Fig. 29. 



Fig. 28. ENAMEL CLOTH, FOK 



DIVISION BOARD, OR DUMMt. END OF DUMMY. 



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

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



g", are nailed to the back 



frames. Two plinths, 8^^-'' x i-J 



