Cottager and Smaltholder . 9 
follows:—Fig. 9, No. 1. The floot-board, which has four 
splayed legs attached, a sloping alighting board at the front 
for the bees to settle upon; the first board of the floor-board 
proper is sunken to make an entrance. No. 2 is the brood 
chamber, which contains ten frames, a division board, and 
Fig. 9. 
a slip of wood 3 inch by 3-16. The division-board is for con- 
tracting the size of the brood chamber, and the strip to 
increase the distance between the face of the end comb 
and the hive side. This chamber, Fig. 10, is nine inches 
deep, the outside walls (o.w.) are made of 3 inch material, 
the inside walls (i.w.), which are on two sides only, are made 
of 4 inch material, and are secured to the outer wall by 
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