HIVES. 



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chamber and two supers must be provided for every 

 colony of the dimensions given below, each having a 

 hole in the middle of the crown about three inches in 

 diameter. The brood-chamber is sixteen inches in 

 diameter and ten inches deep, the supers (6) and (6) 



Fig. 10. 



being fourteen inches in diameter and six inches in 

 depth. All dimensions are outside measure. If all 

 stock hives and supers are respectively of exactly the 

 same size ' throughout the apiary, any super may be 

 placed upon any stock hive, or above or below any 

 other super. A coat or two of paint on the stock 



