WORKING EQUIPMENT -( 



of the ends there is a small haudhole cut out with a 

 circular saw. The hodies measure over all (8-fraiue size) 

 ■20 iuelies loug by 13y<^ wide by QMi iuches deep. The 

 10-frame liive is 16 iuches wide, but the measurements 

 coincide in all otlier respects. 



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Fig. 16. Interior of Bolton Hive. 



The bottom boards are of various designs (Figs. 14. 

 15, 16), but the one preferred is a plain board 2 feet long 

 ))y 14 inches wide by % inch thick. Two pieces of 4 

 inches by 2 inches Red gum timber are nailed on the 

 underside to raise the board off the ground — |)lanted on 

 the top are three slats Y^ inch wide by 1/2 inch tliick. 

 Tliey are of the same dimensions as the hive-body, i.e. 

 two are 20 inches long, the third occupies the space 

 between at the rear. This arrangement leaves an entrance 



