78 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
and three inches longer than the outside width of 
the hive-board. Underneath the table thus formed, 
a couple of strets or angle-picces 
must be fixed, to render the whole 
firm. The under-side bars of the 
hive-board are adjusted to fall on 
each side of the table, as before 
detailed. The extra three inches 
of the latter must be thrown to 
the front, where it is designed 
to form a projecting alighting platform for the 
bees. This part is occupicd by a piece of wood 
nailed to it, and chamfered to mect the hive-board, 
to which it forms a stay. 
Another support to an outdoor hive is made by 
means of four props, driven upright into the ground, 
and cut off level at about 
sixteen inches high. The 
hive-board in this case has 
two cross-bars screwed to its 
under side, from front to 
back, just coming within the 
uprights: to make it. still 
more steady, four small blocks 
can be appended near the 
corners, between the crogs- 
bars and the elge of the 
board, to hold the latter in 
the opposite direction, as seen 
by the dotted lines in our illustration. 
The same remark applies to the hive-stands just 
described as was made in the last section, viz., 
