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HIVES AND BOXES, 



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end, punch two holes large enough to receive y,-in. clout- 

 nails. This hook is to be 

 nailed on one end of one 

 upright piece, so that the 

 hook or shorter end, will 

 stand directly under the 

 center of the end with a 

 space of a plump '/^^ in. 

 between it and the end, 

 which gives room to hook 

 it under the hoop-iron on 

 the bottom board, here- 

 after to be explained (fig. 

 30). This hook should 

 be nailed on before the 

 frame is put together. 

 0. J. Hetherington makes 

 the hook as wide as the 

 end of the frame, and 

 n'iK. 30. -HOOK ON END OF FRAME, p^ts onc ou cach of tho 



four corners. This allows the frame to be reversed if 

 desired. For construct- ^ 

 ing frames, a form (fig. 

 31) should be made, by 

 the use of which they 

 may be rapidly and ac- 

 curately put together. 



PANELS, OR SIDE-BOAEDS. 



These panels are used 

 at the sides of the frames, 

 and the size of the brood- 

 nest is determined by the 

 number of frames placed 

 between tliem. The sim- 

 plest form of a panel 



Fig. 31, — FOBM FOH BUlLDmo FBAME3, 



